Seasonality in nutrient concentrations and stable isotope ratios of Halophila ovalis growing on the intertidal flat of SW Thailand

Limnology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 199-205

  Yamamuro, Masumi ^a   Umezawa, Yu ^b   Koike, Isao ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

13C; 15N; Carbon; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Seagrass

Indexed keywords

INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; ISOTOPIC RATIO; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; SEAGRASS; SEASONALITY;

THAILAND;

HALOPHILA; HALOPHILA OVALIS;

EID: 0035711673     PISSN: 14398621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10201-001-8036-2     Document Type: Article

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