Seagrass metabolism across a productivity gradient using the eddy covariance, Eulerian control volume, and biomass addition techniques

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 3624-3639

  Long, Matthew H ^a,b   Berg, Peter ^a   Falter, James L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

eddy correlation; eddy covariance; Eulerian; metabolism; seagrass

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; EDDY COVARIANCE; EULERIAN ANALYSIS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; METABOLISM; OXYGEN; SEAGRASS; VOLUME;

FLORIDA BAY; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

THALASSIA TESTUDINUM;

EID: 85027950797     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JC010352     Document Type: Article

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