Effect of shading by Ulva rigida canopies on growth and carbon balance of the seagrass Zostera noltii

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 265, Issue , 2003, Pages 85-96

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dissolved organic carbon; Eutrophication; Heterotrophic DOC uptake; Light reduction; Non structural carbohydrates; Seagrass

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; CARBON BALANCE; LIGHT ATTENUATION; MACROALGA; SEAGRASS; SHADING;

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

EID: 0842280656     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps265085     Document Type: Article

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