Ammonium uptake by seagrass communities: Effects of oscillatory versus unidirectional flow

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 247, Issue , 2003, Pages 51-57

  Thomas, Florence I M ^a   Cornelisen, Christopher D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonium uptake; Hydrodynamics; Mass transfer; Nutrients; Oscillatory flow; Seagrass; Submerged aquatic vegetation; Water velocity

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM; AQUATIC COMMUNITY; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; HYDRODYNAMICS; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; SEAGRASS;

HALOPHILA; THALASSIA TESTUDINUM;

EID: 0037418121     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps247051     Document Type: Article

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