A comparative study of the photosynthetic activity among three temperate seagrass species in Northern Japan

Marine Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 388-396

  Sasil Orbita, Maria Luisa ^a   Mukai, Hiroshi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll fluorescence; Japan; Photosynthetic activity; Phyllospadix iwatensis; Pulse amplitude modulated; Zostera asiatica; Zostera marina

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; FLUOROMETRY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEAGRASS; SHOOT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HOKKAIDO; JAPAN;

PHYLLOSPADIX IWATENSIS; ZOSTERA ASIATICA; ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 33751535454     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: 14390485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2006.00114.x     Document Type: Article

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