Importance of epiphytic cyanobacteria as food sources for heterotrophs in a tropical seagrass bed

Coral Reefs

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 263-271

  Yamamuro, M ^a  

^a Geol Survey Japan   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Stable isotopes; Syringodium isoetifolium

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; NITROGEN CYCLE; ORGANIC MATTER;

SYRINGODIUM ISOETIFOLIUM;

EID: 0032831390     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003380050191     Document Type: Article

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