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Blue carbon stores in tropical seagrass meadows maintained under green turtle grazing

Seagrass meadows are important sites for carbon storage. Green turtles (Chelonia mydas) are marine megaherbivores that consume seagrass throughout much of their global range. With successful conservation efforts, turtle abundance will increase, leading to more meadows being returned to their natural...

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Autores principales: Johnson, Robert A., Gulick, Alexandra G., Bolten, Alan B., Bjorndal, Karen A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5648853/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29051581
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-13142-4