Dissolved inorganic nitrogen uptake by intertidal microphytobenthos: Nutrient concentrations, light availability and migration

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 379, Issue , 2009, Pages 33-44

  Longphuirt, Sorcha Ní ^a   Lim, Jae Hyun ^a   Leynaert, Aude ^b   Claquin, Pascal ^c   Choy, Eun Jung ^a   Kang, Chang Keun ^a   An, Soonmo ^a  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^b INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

Author keywords

15N stable isotope; Kinetic; Microphytobenthos; Nitrogen; Porewater

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; METABOLISM; MICROALGA; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHYTOBENTHOS; POREWATER; VERTICAL MIGRATION;

EID: 65749095017     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07852     Document Type: Article

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