Excretory products of mobile epifauna as a nitrogen source for seaweeds

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 600-606

  Taylor, Richard B ^a,b   Rees, T Alwyn V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PLANT GROWTH; SECONDARY METABOLITE;

EPIFAUNA; FECES; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; SEAWEED;

MATHESON BAY; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

CARPOPHYLLUM PLUMOSUM; ALGAE; FUCALES;

EID: 0031880196     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1998.43.4.0600     Document Type: Article

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