Seasonal growth, erosion rates, and nitrogen and photosynthetic ecophysiology of Undaria pinnatifida (Heterokontophyta) in southern New Zealand

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1138-1148

  Dean, Paul R ^a   Hurd, Catriona L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Erosion; Growth; Invasive species; Kelp; New Zealand; Nitrogen uptake; Photosynthesis; Pigment; Seaweed; Undaria pinnatifida

Indexed keywords

LAMINARIALES; ULVA; UNDARIA; UNDARIA PINNATIFIDA;

EID: 36849010110     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2007.00416.x     Document Type: Article

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