Nitrogen ecophysiology of intertidal seaweeds from New Zealand: N uptake, storage and utilisation in relation to shore position and season

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 264, Issue , 2003, Pages 31-48

  Phillips, J C ^a,b   Hurd, C L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Intertidal seaweed; Macroalgae; New Zealand; Nitrate; Nitrogen uptake; Season; Urea; Zonation

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL ZONATION; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; NUTRIENT USE; SEAWEED;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

ALGAE; APOPHLAEA LYALLII; EUKARYOTA; HALOPHILA; SCYTOTHAMNUS AUSTRALIS; STICTOSIPHONIA ARBUSCULA; XIPHOPHORA; XIPHOPHORA GLADIATA;

EID: 1642482395     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps264031     Document Type: Article

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