A global assessment of the chemical recalcitrance of seagrass tissues: Implications for long-term carbon sequestration

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 8, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Trevathan Tackett, Stacey M ^a,b   Macreadie, Peter I ^a,b   Sanderman, Jonathan ^c,d   Baldock, Jeff ^c   Howes, Johanna M ^a   Ralph, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Eywords: biogeochemistry; Global survey; Lability; Lignocellulose; Morphotype; Recalcitrance; Seagrass

Indexed keywords

EID: 85021067752     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.00925     Document Type: Article

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