Oxygen consumption and sulfate reduction in vegetated coastal habitats: Effects of physical disturbance

Frontiers in Marine Science

Volumn 6, Issue FEB, 2019, Pages

  Brodersen, Kasper Elgetti ^a,b   Trevathan Tackett, Stacey M ^a,c   Nielsen, Daniel A ^a   Connolly, Rod M ^d   Lovelock, Catherine E ^e   Atwood, Trisha B ^e,f   Macreadie, Peter I ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^f UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeochemistry; Blue carbon; Flux; Mangrove; Seagrass; Sediment; Tidal salt marsh

Indexed keywords

EID: 85061346855     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22967745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00014     Document Type: Article

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