Nitrogen acquisition, storage, and use by the co-occurring Mediterranean seagrasses Cymodocea nodosa and Zostera noltii

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 183, Issue , 1999, Pages 95-103

  Kraemer, George P ^a,b   Mazzella, Lucia ^a  

^a STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Cymodocea; Glutamine synthetase; Nitrogen; Seagrass; Zostera

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; SEAGRASS MEADOW;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

CYMODOCEA NODOSA; ZOSTERA NOLTII;

EID: 0033529341     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps183095     Document Type: Article

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