Seasonal and spatial variation in the organic carbon and nitrogen concentration and their stable isotopic composition in Zostera marina (Denmark)

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1084-1095

  Papadimitriou, S ^a   Kennedy, H ^a   Kennedy, D P ^a   Borum, J ^b  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

DENMARK; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; ORESUND; ROSKILDE FJORD; SCANDINAVIA; WORLD;

ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 22844439435     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2005.50.4.1084     Document Type: Article

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