Leaf vs. epiphyte nitrogen uptake in a nutrient enriched Mediterranean seagrass (Posidonia oceanica) meadow

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 58-62

  Apostolaki, Eugenia T ^a,b   Vizzini, Salvatrice ^c   Karakassis, Ioannis ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

15N tracer; Eutrophication; Fish farm impact; Nitrogen cycling; Nutrient uptake; Stable isotope

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; EPIPHYTE; EUTROPHICATION; GROWTH RATE; LEAF; MEADOW; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; NITROGEN; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHYTOMASS; POLLUTION EFFECT; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; SEAGRASS; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRACER;

POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 84855261747     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2011.09.008     Document Type: Article

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