Increased vulnerability of Zostera noltii to stress caused by low light and elevated ammonium levels under phosphate deficiency

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 365, Issue , 2008, Pages 67-75

  Brun, Fernando G ^a,c   Olivé, Irene ^a   Malta, Erik Jan ^b   Vergara, Juan J ^a   Hernández, Ignacio ^a   Pérez Lloréns, J Lucas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ammonium toxicity; Carbohydrates; Eutrophication; Fluorescence; Net production; Phosphate limitation; Seagrass

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM; CARBOHYDRATE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EUTROPHICATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLUORESCENCE; LIGHT EFFECT; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHOSPHATE; SEAGRASS; SYNERGISM; TOXICITY TEST; TRANSPLANTATION; VULNERABILITY;

ZOSTERA NOLTII;

EID: 52249087736     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07512     Document Type: Article

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