Uptake and resource allocation of ammonium and nitrate in temperate seagrasses Posidonia and Amphibolis

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1502-1511

  Nayar, S ^a   Collings, G J ^a   Miller, D J ^b   Bryars, S ^c   Cheshire, A C ^d  

^a SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b Government of South Australia   (Australia)

^c Department of Environment and Heritage   (Australia)

^d Science to Manage Uncertainty   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adelaide coastal waters; Epiphytes; Nutrient resource allocation; Nutrient uptake; Phytoplankton; Seagrass

Indexed keywords

ADELAIDE; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; COASTAL WATERS; EPIPHYTES; IN-SITU; INORGANIC NITROGEN; NITRATE UPTAKE RATES; NITROGEN UPTAKE; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; POSIDONIA; ROOT UPTAKE; SEAGRASSES; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; STORMWATERS; UPTAKE RATE;

ALGAE CONTROL; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ISOTOPES; NITRATES; NITROGEN; OCEAN HABITATS; PHYTOPLANKTON; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; WASTEWATER;

NUTRIENTS;

AMMONIA; NITRATE;

AMMONIUM; COASTAL WATER; EPIPHYTE; NITRATE; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEAGRASS; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AMMONIUM UPTAKE; AMPHIBOLIS; ARTICLE; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; COASTAL WATERS; CONTAMINATED PLANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIPHYTE; EUTROPHICATION; ISOTOPE LABELING; NITRATE UPTAKE; NITROGEN UPTAKE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT; PLANKTON; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; POSIDONIA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEAGRASS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER TEMPERATURE; WINTER;

ALISMATIDAE; NITRATES; PLANKTON; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ADELAIDE; AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

AMPHIBOLIS; POSIDONIA;

EID: 77956012130     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.04.018     Document Type: Article

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