Leakage of ammonium, urea, and dissolved organic nitrogen and carbon from eelgrass Zostera marina roots and rhizomes during sediment handling

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 303-307

  Hansen, Jens W ^a,b   Lomstein, Bente Aa ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Carbon; Leakage; Nitrogen; Porewater; Rhizomes; Roots; Sediment; Zostera marina

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000509224     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame016303     Document Type: Article

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