Variations in eelgrass (Zostera marina L.) morphology and internal nutrient composition as influenced by increased temperature and water column nitrate

Estuaries

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 142-155

  Touchetye, Brant W ^a   Burkholder, Joann M ^b   Glasgow Jr , Howard B ^b  

^a ELON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; NITRATE; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; SEAGRASS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ALGAE; HALOPHILA; ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 0037296168     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02691701     Document Type: Article

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