@conference {1815,
	title = {An unexplored sedimentary record for the study of environmental change in Mediterranean environments: Posidonia oceanica (L.) Delile peats},
	booktitle = {The Study of Environmental Change Using Isotope Techniques. IAEA C\&S Papers Series},
	year = {2002},
	note = {id: 351},
	month = {2002},
	pages = {163-173},
	address = {Vienna},
	author = {Mateo, M. A. and Renom, P. and Juli{\`a}, R. and Romero, J. and Michener, R.}
}
@article {279,
	title = {Detritus dynamics in the seagrass Posidonia oceanica: Elements for an ecosystem carbon and nutrient budget},
	journal = {Marine Ecology-Progress Series},
	volume = {151},
	year = {1997},
	note = {id: 2004; PT: J; UT: WOS:A1997XE68700005},
	pages = {43-53},
	abstract = {Leaf decay, leaf Litter export, burial in belowground sinks, and respiratory consumption of detritus were examined at 2 different depths in a Posidonia oceanica (L.) Delile meadow off the Medes Islands, NW Mediterranean. At 5 m, the amount of exported leaf Litter represented carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus losses of 7, 9 and 6 \% of the plant primary production, respectively. About 26 \% of the carbon produced by the plant in 1 yr was immobilized by burial in the belowground compartment, i.e. as roots and rhizomes. Annual nitrogen and phosphorus burial in the sediment was 8 and 5 \% of total N and P needs, respectively. Respiratory consumption (aerobic) of carbon leaf detritus represented 17\% of the annual production. An additional, but very substantial, loss of carbon as very fine particulate organic matter has been estimated at ca 48\%. At 13 m the pattern of carbon losses was similar, but the lesser effect of wave action (relative to that at 5 m) reduced exportation, hence increasing the role of respiratory consumption. Data on carbon losses indicated that only a small part of the plant production was actually available to fuel the food web of this ecosystem. Total nutrient losses were in the range of 21 to 47 \% of annual needs. From differences found in N and P concentrations between living and dead tissues, it is suggested that important nutrient recycling (50 to 70\%) may be due either to reclamation or to leaching immediately after plant death.},
	issn = {0171-8630},
	doi = {10.3354/meps151043},
	author = {Mateo, M. A. and Romero, J.}
}
