In situ fluxes of dissolved inorganic nitrogen from the sponge community on Conch Reef, Key Largo, Florida

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 986-996

  Southwell, Melissa W ^a,b   Weisz, Jeremy B ^a,c   Martens, Christopher S ^a   Lindquist, Niels ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^c OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; FLUX MEASUREMENT; NITRIFICATION; REEF; SPONGE;

CONCH REEF; FLORIDA KEYS; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

XESTOSPONGIA; XESTOSPONGIA MUTA;

EID: 39249083611     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2008.53.3.0986     Document Type: Article

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