Marine-derived Nutrients from Green Turtle Nests Subsidize Terrestrial Beach Ecosystems

Biotropica

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 294-301

  Vander Zanden, Hannah B ^a   Bjorndal, Karen A ^a   Inglett, Patrick W ^a   Bolten, Alan B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allochthonous nutrients; Beach vegetation; Chelonia mydas; Costa Rica; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Sea turtles; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; BEACH; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; EGG; HERB; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MONOCOTYLEDON; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PLANT COMMUNITY; SAND; STABLE ISOTOPE; TURTLE; VEGETATION COVER;

COSTA RICA; LIMON; TORTUGUERO;

CHELONIA MYDAS; CHELONIIDAE; COSTUS; COSTUS WOODSONII; HIBISCUS; HYMENOCALLIS LITTORALIS; IPOMOEA; IPOMOEA PES-CAPRAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 84860583083     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2011.00827.x     Document Type: Article

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