Sediment resuspension and deposition on seagrass leaves impedes internal plant aeration and promotes phytotoxic H2S intrusion

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 8, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Brodersen, Kasper E ^a   Hammer, Kathrine J ^b   Schrameyer, Verena ^a   Floytrup, Anja ^b   Rasheed, Michael A ^c   Ralph, Peter J ^a   Kühl, Michael ^a,b   Pedersen, Ole ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diffusive boundary layer; Dredging; H2S; In situ; Microsensors; Photosynthesis; Seagrass; Sediment

Indexed keywords

EID: 85019552015     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.00657     Document Type: Article

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