Reviews and syntheses: Hidden forests, the role of vegetated coastal habitats in the ocean carbon budget

Biogeosciences

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 301-310

  Duarte, Carlos M ^a  

^a KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

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Indexed keywords

CARBON BUDGET; CARBON FLUX; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBONATE SYSTEM; DEEP SEA; GLOBAL OCEAN; METABOLISM; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; ORGANIC CARBON; SHORELINE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 85010288649     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-14-301-2017     Document Type: Review

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