Annual variation in leaf photosynthesis and leaf nutrient content of four Mediterranean seagrasses

Botanica Marina

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 295-306

  Enríquez, Susana ^a   Marbà, Nuria ^b   Cebrián, Just ^b   Duarte, Carlos M ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Leaf photosynthetic status; Nutrient status; Plant growth; Seagrasses; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; COASTAL WATER; GROWTH; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEAGRASS; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

CYMODOCEA NODOSA; HALOPHILA; POSIDONIA; POSIDONIA OCEANICA; ZOSTERA; ZOSTERA MARINA; ZOSTERA NOLTII;

EID: 4944263867     PISSN: 00068055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BOT.2004.035     Document Type: Article

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