Spatial pattern in seagrass stoichiometry indicates both N-limited and P-limited regions of an iconic P-limited subtropical bay

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 472, Issue , 2013, Pages 101-115

  Burkholder, Derek A ^a   Fourqurean, James W ^a   Heithaus, Michael R ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nutrient limitation; Seagrass distribution; Shark Bay

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; COEXISTENCE; LIMITING FACTOR; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT BUDGET; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHOSPHORUS; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SEAGRASS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STANDARDIZATION; STOCHASTICITY; SUBTROPICAL REGION;

AUSTRALIA; SHARK BAY; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

AMPHIBOLIS ANTARCTICA; CHONDRICHTHYES; CYMODOCEA; HALODULE UNINERVIS; HALOPHILA OVALIS; HALOPHILA SPINULOSA; POSIDONIA; SYRINGODIUM ISOETIFOLIUM;

EID: 84872720491     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10042     Document Type: Article

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