Nutrient dynamics of seagrass ecosystems: 15N evidence for the importance of particulate organic matter and root systems

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 295, Issue , 2005, Pages 49-55

  Evrard, Victor ^a   Kiswara, Wawan ^a,b   Bouma, Tjeerd J ^a   Middelburg, Jack J ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b INDONESIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCES   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

15N; Canopy; Mineralization; Nutrient uptake; Phytodetritus; Tropical seagrass

Indexed keywords

MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; ROOT SYSTEM; SEAGRASS MEADOW;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDONESIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WORLD;

HALODULE UNINERVIS; HALOPHILA; HALOPHILA OVALIS; SYRINGODIUM ISOETIFOLIUM; THALASSIA HEMPRICHII;

EID: 22744449339     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps295049     Document Type: Article

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