Nutrient exposure causes epiphytic changes and coincident declines in two temperate Australian seagrasses

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 441, Issue , 2011, Pages 89-103

  Bryars, Simon ^a,b   Collings, Greg ^a,c   Miller, David ^a,b  

^a SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b Birdwood High School ^*  (Australia)

^c Birdwood High School   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amphibolis antarctica; Epiphytes; Nutrients; Posidonia sinuosa; Seagrass; Seagrass decline

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EPIPHYTE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NUTRIENT CYCLING; POPULATION DECLINE; SEAGRASS; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; WATER COLUMN;

AUSTRALIA; GULF SAINT VINCENT; INDIAN OCEAN; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

AMPHIBOLIS; AMPHIBOLIS ANTARCTICA; POSIDONIA; POSIDONIA SINUOSA;

EID: 81255123290     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09384     Document Type: Article

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