Light intensity and the interactions between physiology, morphology and stable isotope ratios in five species of seagrass

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 195, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 91-110

  Grice, A M ^a   Loneragan, N R ^b   Dennison, W C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon; Light; Nitrogen; Seagrass; Stable isotope ratio

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030057924     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-0981(95)00096-8     Document Type: Article

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