Nitrate uptake in the scleractinian coral Stylophora pistillata

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 2266-2274

  Grover, Renaud ^a   Maguer, Jean François ^b   Allemand, Denis ^a   Ferrier Pagès, Christine ^a  

^a CENTRE SCIENTIFIQUE DE MONACO   (Monaco)

^b INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORAL; NITRATE; NUTRIENT UPTAKE;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; INVERTEBRATA; SCLERACTINIA; STYLOPHORA PISTILLATA;

EID: 0346973477     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2003.48.6.2266     Document Type: Article

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