Sulfide intrusion in seagrasses assessed by stable sulfur isotopes-A synthesis of current results

Frontiers in Marine Science

Volumn 1, Issue NOV, 2014, Pages

  Holmer, Marianne ^a   Hasler Sheetal, Harald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Seagrass performance; Sediment sulfide; Uptake and fate of sulfur; 34S

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008937468     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22967745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2014.00064     Document Type: Review

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