Benthic primary production budget of a Caribbean reef lagoon (Puerto Morelos, Mexico).

High photosynthetic benthic primary production (P) represents a key ecosystem service provided by tropical coral reef systems. However, benthic P budgets of specific ecosystem compartments such as macrophyte-dominated reef lagoons are still scarce. To address this, we quantified individual and lagoo...

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Main Authors: Malik S Naumann, Carin Jantzen, Andreas F Haas, Roberto Iglesias-Prieto, Christian Wild
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3867400?pdf=render