Organic Carbon Stores Beneath Seagrass Meadows in Shark Bay (IMAGE)

King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST)

Organic Carbon Stores Beneath Seagrass Meadows in Shark Bay

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Organic carbon stores beneath seagrass meadows in Shark Bay. Organic material derived from seagrass roots, rhizomes and leaf sheaths is embedded in sandy sediments, forming organic deposits several meters in thickness.

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Photo credit: Oscar Serrano

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