The photosynthetic light response of Halophila stipulacea growing along a depth gradient in the Gulf of Aqaba, the Red Sea

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 263-272

  Schwarz, Anne Maree ^a   Hellblom, Frida ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chloroplasts; Nitrogen; PAM fluorometry; Seagrass

Indexed keywords

DEPTH; IRRADIANCE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEAGRASS;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHLOROPLAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HALOPHILIA STIPULACEA; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT LEAF; PLANT NUTRIENT; SEA; SEAGRASS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; WINTER;

RED SEA;

HALOPHILA; HALOPHILA STIPULACEA;

EID: 0036836612     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3770(02)00080-3     Document Type: Article

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