FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Particulate Matter in Mangrove Forests and Seagrass Beds as a Nitrogen Source in Tropical Coastal Ecosystems BT AF GILLIS, Lucy G. BOUMA, Tjeerd J. CATHALOT, Cecile ZIEGLER, Alan D. HERMAN, Peter M. AS 1:1;2:2;3:3;4:4;5:2; FF 1:;2:;3:PDG-REM-GM-LGM;4:;5:; C1 Leibniz Ctr Trop Marine Ecol GmbH, Mangrove Ecol, Bremen, Germany. Royal Netherlands Inst Sea Res NIOZ, Spatial Ecol, Yerseke, Netherlands. Ctr Brest, IFREMER, LEP, Brest, France. Natl Univ Singapore, Dept Geog, Singapore 117548, Singapore. C2 LEIBNIZ CTR TROP MARINE ECOL, GERMANY INST SEA RESEARCH (NIOZ), NETHERLANDS IFREMER, FRANCE UNIV NATL SINGAPORE, SINGAPORE SI BREST SE PDG-REM-GM-LGM IN WOS Ifremer jusqu'en 2018 copubli-europe copubli-int-hors-europe IF 1.944 TC 5 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00266/37731/42021.pdf LA English DT Article DE ;buffering;mangrove forests;nitrogen;outwelling;particulate organic material;seagrass beds AB We show in laboratory and field investigations that in the short-term seagrasses obtain most of their required nitrogen from the degradation of seagrass leaves, rather than degradation of leaves exported from adjacent mangroves. Mangrove forests at our Thailand site retain the majority of their nutrients, and therefore potentially buffer seagrasses from nutrients. PY 2015 PD MAY SO Biotropica SN 0006-3606 PU Wiley-blackwell VL 47 IS 3 UT 000353993300004 BP 286 EP 291 DI 10.1111/btp.12220 ID 37731 ER EF