Short-term uptake of dissolved organic nitrogen by an axenic strain of Ulva pertusa (Chlorophyceae) using 15N isotope measurements

Botanica Marina

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 248-250

  Tarutani, Kenji ^a   Niimura, Yoko ^a   Uchida, Takuji ^a,b  

^a FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Axenic culture; Dissolved organic nitrogen; Isotope measurement; Ulva pertusa; Uptake

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; MACROALGA; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRIENT UPTAKE;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROPHYCEAE; EUKARYOTA; HALOPHILA; ULVA; ULVA PERTUSA;

EID: 3843132737     PISSN: 00068055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BOT.2004.026     Document Type: Article

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