Season and sediment nutrient additions affect root architecture in the temperate seagrasses Posidonia australis and P. sinuosa

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 446, Issue , 2012, Pages 23-30

  Hovey, Renae K ^a   Cambridge, Marion L ^a   Kendrick, Gary A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Posidonia; Root morphology; Seagrass; Topological index

Indexed keywords

HYDRODYNAMICS; MARINE SEDIMENT; MORPHOLOGY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; ROOT ARCHITECTURE; ROOT SYSTEM; SAND; SEAGRASS; SEASONALITY; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TOPOLOGY; TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 84857276120     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09483     Document Type: Article

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