Nutrient limitation of the tropical seagrass Enhalus acoroides (L.) Royle in Cape Bolinao, NW Philippines

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 65, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 123-139

  Terrados, Jorge ^a   Agawin, Nona S R ^b   Duarte, Carlos M ^a   Fortes, Miguel D ^c   Kamp Nielsen, Lars ^d   Borum, Jens ^d  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

^c University of the Philippines Diliman   (Philippines)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Enhalus acoroides; Nutrient limitation; SE Asia; Seagrass growth

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

NUTRIENT LIMITATION; SEAGRASS;

AQUATIC FLORA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRASS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PHILIPPINES; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT LEAF;

PHILIPPINES;

ENHALUS ACOROIDES;

EID: 0032731117     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3770(99)00036-4     Document Type: Article

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