Differences in benthic metabolism, nutrient fluxes, and denitrification in Caulerpa taxifolia communities compared to uninvaded bare sediment and seagrass (Zostera capricorni) habitats

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1737-1750

  Eyre, Bradley D ^a   Maher, Damien ^a   Oakes, Joanne M ^a   Erler, Dirk V ^a   Glasby, Tim M ^b  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; COLONIZATION; DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HABITAT TYPE; INVASIVE SPECIES; MACROPHYTE; METABOLISM; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT; SEAGRASS; SEAWEED;

CAULERPA; CAULERPA TAXIFOLIA; ZOSTERA CAPRICORNI;

EID: 81755171435     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2011.56.5.1737     Document Type: Article

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