Seagrass blue carbon spatial patterns at the meadow-scale

PLoS ONE

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2017, Pages

  Oreska, Matthew P J ^a   McGlathery, Karen J ^a   Porter, John H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

ARTICLE; CARBON CYCLE; DENSITY; EXPLANATORY VARIABLE; EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; SEAGRASS; SEDIMENT; SHOOT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; ZOSTERACEAE;

CARBON; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ZOSTERACEAE;

EID: 85018292485     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0176630     Document Type: Article

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