Nutrient uptake rates by the alien alga Undaria pinnatifida (Phaeophyta) (Nuevo Gulf, Patagonia, Argentina) when exposed to diluted sewage effluent

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 520, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 1-6

  Torres, Américo I ^a   Gil, Mónica N ^b   Esteves, José L ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PATAGONIA SAN JUAN BOSCO   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Alien species; Nutrients; Patagonia; Sewage; Undaria pinnatifida; Uptake rates

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; AMMONIA; NITRATES; NITROGEN; PHASE COMPOSITION; PHOSPHATES; RADIATION EFFECTS; SEWAGE TREATMENT; TEMPERATURE SCALES;

METHODOLOGY; NUEVA BAY; SEWAGE DISCHARGE;

NUTRITION;

ALGA; EFFLUENT; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; SEWAGE;

ARGENTINA; CHUBUT; GOLFO NUEVO; SOUTH AMERICA;

ALGAE; EUKARYOTA; PHAEOPHYCEAE; UNDARIA; UNDARIA PINNATIFIDA;

EID: 3242878431     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:HYDR.0000027686.63170.6c     Document Type: Article

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