Macroalgal responses to nitrogen source and availability: Amino acid metabolic profiling as a bioindicator using Gracilaria edulis (rhodophyta)

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 757-766

  Jones, Adrian B ^a   Dennison, William C ^a   Stewart, George R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID METABOLIC PROFILING; BIOINDICATORS; MACROALGAE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS;

GRACILARIA EDULIS;

EID: 0030302956     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-3646.1996.00757.x     Document Type: Article

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