Responses of seagrass to nutrients in the Great Barrier Reef, Australia

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 185, Issue , 1999, Pages 257-271

  Udy, James W ^a,b   Dennison, William C ^a   Lee Long, Warren J ^c   McKenzie, Len J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Northern Fisheries Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Great Barrier Reef; Nutrients; Seagrass

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; GROWTH RATE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT CYCLING;

AUSTRALIA; GREAT BARRIER REEF;

HALODULE UNINERVIS; HALOPHILA; SYRINGODIUM ISOETIFOLIUM;

EID: 0033588517     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps185257     Document Type: Article

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