Influence of salinity, temperature, dissolved inorganic carbon and nutrient concentration on the photosynthesis and growth of Fucus vesiculosus from the Baltic and Irish Seas

European Journal of Phycology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 253-262

  Nygård, Charlotta A ^a,b   Dring, Matthew J ^b  

^a MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Dissolved inorganic carbon; Electron transport rate; Fucus vesiculosus; Growth; High irradiance; Irish Sea; Nutrients; Photosynthesis; Salinity; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; GROWTH RESPONSE; IRRADIANCE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SALINITY; SEAWATER; SEAWEED; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; IRISH SEA;

FUCUS; FUCUS VESICULOSUS;

EID: 50249137212     PISSN: 09670262     EISSN: 14694433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09670260802172627     Document Type: Article

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