δ15N evidence for nitrogen fixation associated with macroalgae from a seagrass-mangrove-coral reef system

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 167, Issue , 1998, Pages 297-299

  France, R ^a   Holmquist, J ^b   Chandler, M ^c   Cattaneo, A ^d  

^a HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF DESIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^c NEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Benthic macroalgae; Inferred nitrogen fixation; 15N

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MACROALGAE; NITROGEN FIXATION; SEAGRASS;

CANADA; PUERTO RICO; QUEBEC; USA;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; CYANOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTA; HALOPHILA;

EID: 0032543773     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps167297     Document Type: Article

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