Drivers of sulfide intrusion in Zostera muelleri in a moderately affected estuary in south-eastern Australia

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 2017, Pages 2134-2144

  Holmer, Marianne ^a   Bennett, William W ^b   Ferguson, Angus J P ^c   Potts, Jaimie ^c   Hasler Sheetal, Harald ^a   Welsh, David T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE   (Australia)

Author keywords

nutrient enrichment; seagrass morphology; sediment biogeochemistry

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; COASTAL DEVELOPMENT; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; MORPHOLOGY; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; OXIDATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; RHIZOSPHERE; SEAGRASS; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SULFIDE;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; WALLIS LAKE;

ZOSTERA MUELLERI;

EID: 85032676597     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF16402     Document Type: Article

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