Nutrient uptake and growth responses of three intertidal macroalgae with perennial, opportunistic and summer-annual strategies

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 14-22

  Martínez, Brezo ^a   Pato, Lorena Sordo ^b   Rico, Jose Manuel ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bifucaria bifurcata; Growth; Intertidal macroalgae; Nemalion helminthoides; Nutrient uptake; Opportunistic; Perennial; Summer annual; Ulva intestinalis

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; GROWTH RATE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MACROALGA; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PERENNIAL PLANT; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; SEAWATER; STARVATION; SUMMER; SURVIVAL;

ASTURIAS; SPAIN;

ALGAE; NEMALION HELMINTHOIDES; ULVA; ULVA INTESTINALIS;

EID: 84855289133     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2011.09.004     Document Type: Article

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