Experimental nutrient enrichment causes complex changes in seagrass, microalgae, and macroalgae community structure in Florida Bay

Estuaries

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 422-434

  Armitage, Anna R ^a   Frankovich, Thomas A ^a   Heck Jr , Kenneth L ^b   Fourqurean, James W ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DAUPHIN ISLAND SEA LAB   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; SEAGRASS;

FLORIDA BAY; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ALGAE; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; HALOPHILA; THALASSIA TESTUDINUM;

EID: 23744499742     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02693924     Document Type: Article

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