Effect of nutrient enrichment on naturally occurring macroalgal species in six cave pools in Bermuda

Phycologia

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 132-143

  Maloney, Bridget ^a   Iliffe, Thomas M ^a,b   Gelwick, Frances ^a   Quigg, Antonietta ^a,b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY AT GALVESTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bermuda; Eutrophication; Groundwater; Macroalgae; Nitrogen; Nutrient addition; Phosphorus; Productivity

Indexed keywords

CAULERPA; CAULERPA MEXICANA; CAULERPA RACEMOSA; CHLOROPHYTA; CRYPTONEMIA; HALYMENIA FLORESIA; RHODOPHYTA; ULVA;

EID: 79952350059     PISSN: 00318884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2216/09-83.1     Document Type: Article

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