Kinetics of nitrate, ammonium, and urea uptake by four intertidal seaweeds from New Zealand

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 534-545

  Phillips, Julia C ^a,b   Hurd, Catriona L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Apophlaea; Intertidal seaweeds; Kinetics; Nitrate; Nitrogen uptake; Scytothamnus; Stictosiphonia; Urea; Xiphophora

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; NITRATE; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; SEAWEED; UREA;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

ALGAE; APOPHLAEA; APOPHLAEA LYALLII; EUKARYOTA; HALOPHILA; SCYTOTHAMNUS; SCYTOTHAMNUS AUSTRALIS; STICTOSIPHONIA ARBUSCULA; XIPHOPHORA; XIPHOPHORA GLADIATA;

EID: 2942562529     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2004.03157.x     Document Type: Article

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