Alternative stable states driven by density-dependent toxicity

Ecosystems

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 841-850

  van der Heide, Tjisse ^a   van Nes, Egbert H ^b   van Katwijk, Marieke M ^a   Scheffer, Marten ^b   Hendriks, A Jan ^a   Smolders, Alfons J P ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

alternative stable states; ammonia; ammonium; bistability; density dependence; seagrass; toxicity; Zostera marina

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; AMMONIUM; BIOMASS; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; DETOXIFICATION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GRASS; LABORATORY METHOD; PARAMETERIZATION; TOXICITY;

ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 77955922225     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-010-9358-x     Document Type: Article

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