Growth, carbon allocation and proteolytic activity in the seagrass Zostera noltii shaded by Ulva canopies

Functional Plant Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 551-560

  Brun, Fernando G ^a   Hernández, Ignacio ^a   Vergara, Juan J ^a   Pérez Lloréns, J Lucas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carbon balance; Non structural carbohydrates; Proteolytic activity; Seagrass; Sucrose synthase; Sucrose phosphate synthase

Indexed keywords

ENZYMES; IRRADIATION; PHOTONS; REDUCTION;

LIGHT REDUCTION;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CARBON BALANCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GROWTH RATE; SEAGRASS; SHADE TOLERANCE;

ALGAE; EUKARYOTA; HALOPHILA; ULVA; ULVA RIGIDA; ZOSTERA; ZOSTERA NOLTII;

EID: 0037626963     PISSN: 14454408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/FP03010     Document Type: Article

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