In situ 13C tracer experiments elucidate carbon translocation rates and allocation patterns in eelgrass Zostera marina

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 487, Issue , 2013, Pages 27-39

  Kaldy, James E ^a   Brown, Cheryl A ^a   Andersen, Christian P ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

13C tracer; Carbohydrate; Carbon dynamics; Compound specific isotope analysis; Translocation; Zostera marina

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; CARBOHYDRATE; CARBON FIXATION; ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MARINA; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; RHIZOME; SEAGRASS; SUCROSE; TRACER; TRANSLOCATION;

EID: 84881062464     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10354     Document Type: Article

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