Using variation in the chemical and stable isotopic composition of Zostera noltii to assess nutrient dynamics in a temperate seagrass meadow

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1343-1358

  Papadimitriou, S ^a   Kennedy, H ^a   Rodrigues, R M N V ^a   Kennedy, D P ^a   Heaton, T H E ^b  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; STABLE ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; TEMPERATE MEADOW; ZOSTERA NOLTII;

BIOMASS; CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOCHEMISTRY; NUTRITION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

AMMONIUM; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BENTHOS; BIOMASS; CARBON; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; GROWTH RATE; LEAF; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; ORGANIC MATTER; POREWATER; REMINERALIZATION; SEAGRASS MEADOW; SEASONALITY; SEAWATER; STABLE ISOTOPE; SULFUR; SULFUR CYCLE; SUMMER; SURFACE WATER; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

ZOSTERA NOLTII;

EID: 33748921757     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2006.01.007     Document Type: Article

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