Muddy waters: Unintentional consequences of blue carbon research obscure our understanding of organic carbon dynamics in seagrass ecosystems

Frontiers in Marine Science

Volumn 4, Issue MAY, 2017, Pages

  Belshe, Fay E ^a,b   Mateo, Miguel A ^b,c   Gillis, Lucy ^d   Zimmer, Martin ^a,d   Teichberg, Mirta ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

^c EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR TROPICAL MARINE RESEARCH ZMT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Organic carbon; Residence times; Seagrass; Stabilization mechanisms; State factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 85020186267     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22967745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2017.00125     Document Type: Article

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