Annual benthic metabolism and organic carbon fluxes in a semi-enclosed Mediterranean bay dominated by the macroalgae Caulerpa prolifera
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Sergio Ruiz-Halpern*, Raquel Vaquer-Sunyer and Carlos M. Duarte 1 Centre for Coastal Biogeochemistry, School of Environment, Science and Engineering, Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW, Australia 2 Department of Global Change, Institut Mediterrani d’Estudis Avançats, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Esporles, Spain 3 Interdisciplinary Ecology group, Biology Department, University of the Balearic Islands, Palma, Spain 4 School of Plant Biology, The UWA Oceans Institute, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia
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