Synergistic nutrient colimitation across a gradient of ecosystem fragmentation in subtropical mangrove-dominated wetlands

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2660-2668

  Allgeier, Jacob E ^a   Rosemond, Amy D ^a   Mehring, Andrew S ^a   Layman, Craig A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGA; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BENTHOS; BIOMASS; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FRAGMENTATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LAND USE CHANGE; MANGROVE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PHOSPHORUS; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; SUBTROPICAL REGION; SYNERGISM; WETLAND;

BAHAMAS;

ALGAE;

EID: 78649610609     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2010.55.6.2660     Document Type: Article

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