Specific growth rate as a determinant of the carbon isotope composition of the temperate seagrass Zostera marina

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 331-336

  Tanaka, Yoshiyuki ^a   Miyajima, Toshihiro ^a   Yamada, Katsumasa ^b   Hori, Masakazu ^a   Hasegawa, Natsuki ^c   Umezawa, Yu ^a   Koike, Isao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Akkeshi; Morphology; Seagrass; Specific growth; Stable isotope; Zostera marina

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; GROWTH RATE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MORPHOLOGY; SEAGRASS; SEASONAL VARIATION; STABLE ISOTOPE;

AKKESHI ESTUARY; ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HOKKAIDO; JAPAN;

ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 46149116058     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2008.04.002     Document Type: Article

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