Physiological and Morphological Responses of the Temperate Seagrass Zostera muelleri to Multiple Stressors: Investigating the Interactive Effects of Light and Temperature

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  York, Paul H ^a,b   Gruber, Renee K ^c,d   Hill, Ross ^a,e   Ralph, Peter J ^a   Booth, David J ^a   Macreadie, Peter I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; CHLOROPHYLL A; CHLOROPHYLL B; VIOLAXANTHIN; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL FLUORESCENCE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONDUCTANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EPOXIDATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LIGHT; MESOCOSM; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOINHIBITION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAF; QUANTUM YIELD; SALINITY; SEAGRASS; SHADE; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE STRESS; UPREGULATION; ZOSTERA MUELLERI;

BIOMASS; LIGHT; NEW SOUTH WALES; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYSTEM II PROTEIN COMPLEX; PIGMENTATION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TEMPERATURE; ZOSTERACEAE;

EID: 84885067334     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0076377     Document Type: Article

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