Urea: A nitrogen source for the aquatic resurrection plant Chamaegigas intrepidus Dinter

Oecologia

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 9-14

  Heilmeier, Hermann ^a   Ratcliffe, R George ^b   Hartung, Wolfram ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

15N NMR spectroscopy; Glutamate; Glutamine; Glycine; Urease

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; DEHYDRATION; ENVIRONMENT; NAMIBIA; NITROGEN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SEASONALITY; SEDIMENT; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE; UREA; UREASE;

AQUATIC PLANT; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; TEMPORARY POOL; UREA;

NAMIBIA;

CHAMAEGIGAS INTREPIDUS;

EID: 0034105624     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050984     Document Type: Article

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