Experimental analysis of the response and recovery of Zostera marina (L.) and Halodule wrightii (Ascher.) to repeated light-limitation stress

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 369, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 110-117

  Biber, Patrick D ^a   Kenworthy, W Judson ^b   Paerl, Hans W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll fluorescence; Halodule wrightii; Light; Recovery; Seagrass; Stress; Zostera marina

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LIGHT ATTENUATION; LIGHT EFFECT; MORPHOLOGY; PHYTOMASS; SEAGRASS; SHADING; SURVIVAL; TOLERANCE; WATER QUALITY;

HALODULE WRIGHTII; ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 58749105291     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2008.10.031     Document Type: Article

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