The relative importance of sediment and water column supplies of nutrients to the growth and tissue nutrient content of the green macroalga Enteromorpha intestinalis along an estuarine resource gradient

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 45-56

  Kamer, Krista ^a,b   Fong, Peggy ^c   Kennison, Rachel L ^c   Schiff, Kenneth ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COASTAL WATER RESEARCH PROJECT   (United States)

^b MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Enteromorpha intestinalis; Estuary; Nitrogen; Nutrients; Phosphorus; Sediments

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; MACROALGA; WATER COLUMN;

CALIFORNIA; NEWPORT BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; EUKARYOTA; ULVA; ULVA INTESTINALIS;

EID: 1842760540     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:AECO.0000021041.31385.19     Document Type: Article

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