Direct measurements of root growth and productivity in the seagrasses Posidonia australis and P. sinuosa

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 394-402

  Hovey, Renae K ^a   Cambridge, Marion L ^a   Kendrick, Gary A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RATE; MEADOW; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT; PHOSPHORUS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; ROOT SYSTEM; SAMPLING; SEAGRASS;

POSIDONIA; POSIDONIA AUSTRALIS; POSIDONIA SINUOSA;

EID: 78651385525     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2011.56.1.0394     Document Type: Article

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