Nitrogen dynamics in Posidonia oceanica cuttings: Implications for transplantation experiments

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 48, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 465-470

  Lepoint, Gilles ^a   Vangeluwe, Denis ^a   Eisinger, Michael ^b   Paster, Markus ^b   Van Treeck, Peter ^b   Bouquegneau, Jean Marie ^a   Gobert, Sylvie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

15N tracer; Nitrogen budget; NW Mediterranean; Posidonia; Seagrass; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; PLANTS (BOTANY);

NITROGEN DYNAMICS; TRANSPLANTATION;

MARINE POLLUTION;

NITROGEN 15;

NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRIENT BUDGET; RECOLONIZATION; SEAGRASS; TRACER; TRANSPLANTATION;

ARTICLE; FRANCE; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT LEAF; POSIDONIA OCEANICA; RHIZOME; ROOT CELL; SEAGRASS; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSPLANTATION;

CALVI; CORSE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; HAUTE-CORSE; WESTERN EUROPE;

HALOPHILA; POSIDONIA; POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 1242294438     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2003.08.023     Document Type: Article

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