Internal variations in nutrient concentrations and the C and N stable isotope ratios in leaves of the seagrass Enhalus acoroides

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 95-102

  Yamamuro, Masumi ^a   Umezawa, Yu ^b   Koike, Isao ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

13C; 15N; Carbon; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Resorption; Thailand

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC RATIO; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; SEAGRASS;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

ENHALUS ACOROIDES; HALOPHILA;

EID: 1842833606     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2004.01.007     Document Type: Article

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