Uptake of dissolved inorganic nitrogen by shallow seagrass communities exposed to wave-driven unsteady flow

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 475, Issue , 2013, Pages 65-83

  Weitzman, J S ^a   Aveni Deforge, K ^b   Koseff, J R ^a   Thomas, F I M ^b  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Seagrass; Uptake; Waves

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; EPIPHYTE; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; SEAGRASS; UNSTEADY FLOW; WIND WAVE;

EID: 84874052729     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09965     Document Type: Article

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