Growth responses of Zostera capricorni to estuarine sediment conditions

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 299-306

  Matheson, F E ^a   Schwarz, A M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

New Zealand; Nitrogen; Organic content; Phosphorus; Seagrass; Sulphide

Indexed keywords

ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; GROWTH RESPONSE; MICROCOSM; NITROGEN; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PHOSPHORUS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POPULATION DECLINE; SEAGRASS; SULFIDE;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

ZOSTERA; ZOSTERA CAPRICORNI;

EID: 34848863325     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2007.07.002     Document Type: Article

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