Contrasting responses of seagrass transplants (Posidonia australis) to nitrogen, phosphorus and iron addition in an estuary and a coastal embayment

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 371, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 34-41

  Cambridge, M L ^a   Kendrick, G A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Iron; Leaf and rhizome growth; Posidonia australis; Seagrass transplants; Sediment fertilization

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH RESPONSE; IRON; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHOSPHORUS; SEAGRASS; TRANSPLANTATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; OYSTER HARBOUR; PRINCESS ROYAL HARBOUR; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

OSTREIDAE; POSIDONIA AUSTRALIS;

EID: 60349117957     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2009.01.001     Document Type: Article

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