Nutrient status of seagrasses cannot be inferred from system-scale distribution of phosphorus in Shark Bay, Western Australia

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1015-1026

  Fraser, Matthew W ^a   Kendrick, Gary A ^a   Grierson, Pauline F ^a   Fourqurean, James W ^b   Vanderklift, Mathew A ^c   Walker, Diana I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amphibolis antarctica; C:N:P ratios; calcareous; carbonate; Halodule uninervis; river floods; salinity

Indexed keywords

BAY; CARBONATE; COASTAL SEDIMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FLOOD; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHOSPHORUS; SALINITY; SEAGRASS; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; WATER COLUMN;

AUSTRALIA; SHARK BAY; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

AMPHIBOLIS ANTARCTICA; CHONDRICHTHYES; HALODULE UNINERVIS;

EID: 84870357149     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF12026     Document Type: Article

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