Surface alkaline phosphatase activities of macroalgae on coral reefs of the central Great Barrier Reef, Australia

Coral Reefs

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 310-317

  Schaffelke, B ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alkaline phosphatase; Coastal zone; Coral reef algae; Midshelf reefs; Nutrients; Tissue nutrients

Indexed keywords

BARRIER REEF; CORAL REEF; MACROALGA; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PHOSPHATASE;

AUSTRALIA; GREAT BARRIER REEF;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; EUKARYOTA; SARGASSUM;

EID: 0035008483     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003380000128     Document Type: Article

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