Sources of Organic Carbon to Coral Reef Flats

Simultaneous measurement of the gross and net primary production of the benthic community and the net input of organic carbon delivered by currents to the coral reef flat of the north shore of Moorea, French Polynesia, confirms that carbon fixation by bottom-dwelling autotrophs, including algal symb...

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Main Authors: Alice L. Alldredge, Craig A. Carlson, Robert C. Carpenter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Oceanography Society 2013-09-01
Series:Oceanography
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Online Access:http://tos.org/oceanography/archive/26-3_alldredge.pdf