Nitrogen balance of a temperate eelgrass Zostera marina bed

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 174, Issue , 1998, Pages 281-291

  Risgaard Petersen, N ^a,b   Dalsgaard, T ^a   Rysgaard, S ^a   Christensen, P B ^a   Borum, J ^c   McGlathery, K ^d   Nielsen, L P ^b  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Denitrification; DIN flux; N2 fixation; Plant N loss; Plant N uptake

Indexed keywords

DENITRIFICATION; NITROGEN METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

NITROGEN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; SEAGRASS;

ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 0032569953     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps174281     Document Type: Article

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