Simulated green turtle grazing affects nutrient composition of the seagrass Thalassia testudinum

Marine Biology

Volumn 150, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1083-1092

  Moran, Kathleen L ^a   Bjorndal, Karen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIPPING; GRAZING PRESSURE; MODELING; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT LOSS; SEAGRASS; TURTLE;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS;

CHELONIA MYDAS; TESTUDINES; THALASSIA TESTUDINUM;

EID: 33847257301     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-006-0427-9     Document Type: Article

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