Can regional nutrient status be used to predict plant biomass, canopy structure and epiphyte biomass in the temperate seagrass Amphibolis antarctica?

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1054-1067

  Bryars, Simon R ^a,b  

^a SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b Department for Environment and Heritage ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Epiphyte load; Gulf St Vincent; Plant morphology; Seagrass monitoring; South Australia

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; COASTAL ZONE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIPHYTE; FIELD SURVEY; MORPHOLOGY; PHYTOMASS; SEAGRASS; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; GULF SAINT VINCENT; INDIAN OCEAN; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

AMPHIBOLIS ANTARCTICA;

EID: 71049161215     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF08194     Document Type: Article

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