Effects of ammonium, phosphate, and salinity on growth, gas exchange characteristics, and ionic contents of seedlings of mangrove Kandelia candel (L.) Druce

Botanical Bulletin of Academia Sinica

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 131-139

  Hwang, Yuan Hsun ^a   Chen, Shuh Chun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT AND MICROBIAL BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Growth; Kandelia candel; Mangrove; Nitrogen; Nutrients; Phosphate; Salinity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035015574     PISSN: 00068063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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