Nitrogen ecophysiology of Heron Island, a subtropical coral cay of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia

Functional Plant Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 517-528

  Schmidt, Susanne ^a   Dennison, William C ^b   Moss, Gordon J ^a   Stewart, George R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

15N; 15N; Ammonia; Ammonium; Nitrate; Nitrate reductase; Uric acid; Xylem sap

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; DEPOSITION; ECOLOGY; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; PHYSIOLOGY;

ECOPHYSIOLOGY; NITROGEN ENRICHMENT;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

NITROGEN; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; REEF; SEABIRD; URINE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

ANTHOZOA; AVES; PISONIA;

EID: 3042700473     PISSN: 14454408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/FP04024     Document Type: Conference Paper

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