Effects of nutrient enrichment on primary production and biomass of sediment microalgae in a subtropical seagrass bed

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 874-881

  Bucolo, Philip ^a   Sullivan, Michael J ^b   Zimba, Paul V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b St Andrew's North Campus ^*  (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Eutrophication; Fucoxanthin; Gross primary production; Halodule wrightii; Seagrass; Sediment microalgae

Indexed keywords

BACILLARIOPHYTA; HALODULE WRIGHTII;

EID: 48749103946     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2008.00539.x     Document Type: Article

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