Carbon and nitrogen translocation in response to shading of the seagrass Posidonia sinuosa

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 47-54

  Collier, Catherine J ^a   Prado, Patricia ^b   Lavery, Paul S ^a  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DAUPHIN ISLAND SEA LAB   (United States)

Author keywords

Nutrient; Seagrass; Shading; Stable isotope; Tracer experiment; Translocation

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; GROWTH RATE; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; LIGHT USE EFFICIENCY; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; RESORPTION; RHIZOME; SEAGRASS; TRANSLOCATION;

POSIDONIA SINUOSA;

EID: 77950596116     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2010.03.003     Document Type: Article

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