Contributions of benthic and planktonic primary producers to nitrate and ammonium uptake fluxes in a nutrient-poor shallow coastal area (Corsica, NW Mediterranean)

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 302, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 107-122

  Lepoint, Gilles ^a   Gobert, Sylvie ^a   Dauby, Patrick ^a   Bouquegneau, Jean Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

15N tracer; Macroalgae; Nitrogen uptake; NW Mediterranean; Phytoplankton; Seagrass

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM; NITRATE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHYTOBENTHOS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEAGRASS;

BAY OF CALVI; CORSE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; HAUTE-CORSE; REVELLATA BAY; WESTERN EUROPE;

HALOPHILA; HALOPTERIS SCOPARIA; POSIDONIA; POSIDONIA OCEANICA; SCOPARIA;

EID: 1842855397     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2003.10.005     Document Type: Article

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