Multiple sources and forms of nitrogen sustain year-round kelp growth on the inner continental shelf of the Santa Barbara channel

Oceanography

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 114-123

  Brzezinski, Mark A ^a   Reed, Daniel C ^a   Harrer, Shannon ^a   Rassweiler, Andrew ^a   Melack, John M ^a   Goodridge, Blair M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84881534683     PISSN: 10428275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5670/oceanog.2013.53     Document Type: Article

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