Geophysical constraints for organic carbon sequestration capacity of Zostera marina seagrass meadows and surrounding habitats

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 954-972

  Miyajima, Toshihiro ^a   Hori, Masakazu ^b   Hamaguchi, Masami ^b   Shimabukuro, Hiromori ^b   Yoshida, Goro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN FISHERIES RESEARCH AND EDUCATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE RATIO; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; MARINA; MARINE SEDIMENT; ORGANIC CARBON; SEAGRASS MEADOW; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE AREA;

ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 85013663524     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19395590     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lno.10478     Document Type: Article

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