Mats of the nonnative macroalga, Gracilaria vermiculophylla, alter net denitrification rates and nutrient fluxes on intertidal mudflats

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2101-2108

  Gonzalez, Dana J ^a   Smyth, Ashley R ^b   Piehler, Michael F ^b   McGlathery, Karen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DENITRIFICATION; GEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MACROALGA; MUDFLAT; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT CORE;

EID: 84887502704     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2013.58.6.2101     Document Type: Article

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