Dynamics of dissolved organic carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus in a seagrass meadow of Laguna Madre, Texas

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 391-407

  Ziegler, Susan ^c   Kaiser, Edith ^a   Benner, Ronald ^b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOAVAILABILITY; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHOSPHORUS; SEAGRASS MEADOW;

LAGUNA MADRE; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HALOPHILA; LAGUNA; THALASSIA; THALASSIA TESTUDINUM;

EID: 10344228245     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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