Responses of coastal lagoon plant communities to levels of nutrient enrichment: A mesocosm study

Estuaries

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1041-1056

  Taylor, D I ^a,b   Nixon, S W ^a   Granger, S L ^a   Buckley, B A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Water Rsrc Authority   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COASTAL LAGOON; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; MESOCOSM; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PLANT COMMUNITY;

ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA; ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 0033375754     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1353082     Document Type: Article

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