Caulerpa prolifera stable isotope ratios reveal anthropogenic nutrients within a tidal lagoon

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 390, Issue , 2009, Pages 117-128

  Morris, Edward P ^a   Peralta, Gloria ^a   Benavente, Javier ^a   Freitas, Rosa ^b   Rodrigues, Ana Maria ^b   Quintino, Victor ^b   Alvarez, Oscar ^a   Valcárcel Pérez, Nerea ^a   Vergara, Juan José ^a   Hernandez, Ignacio ^a   Pérez Lloréns, J Lucas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

13C; 15N; Bay of C diz; C:N ratio; Hydrodynamics; Macroalgae; Nitrogen; Seagrass

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; COEXISTENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HYDRODYNAMICS; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LAGOON; MACROALGA; MACROPHYTE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; SEAGRASS; STABLE ISOTOPE; WATER COLUMN;

ANDALUCIA; CADIZ [ANDALUCIA]; CADIZ BAY; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

CAULERPA; CAULERPA PROLIFERA; CYMODOCEA NODOSA;

EID: 70349536126     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08184     Document Type: Article

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