Macroalgal blooms on southeast Florida coral reefs: II. Cross-shelf discrimination of nitrogen sources indicates widespread assimilation of sewage nitrogen

Harmful Algae

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1106-1122

  Lapointe, Brian E ^a   Barile, Peter J ^a   Littler, Mark M ^b   Littler, Diane S ^a,b  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coral reefs; Eutrophication; Macroalgae; Nitrogen; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA; CAULERPA; CAULERPA BRACHYPUS; CODIUM ISTHMOCLADUM;

EID: 27644468733     PISSN: 15689883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hal.2005.06.002     Document Type: Article

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