Nitrogen availability limits phosphorus uptake in an intertidal macroalga

Oecologia

Volumn 175, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 667-676

  Perini, Valerie ^a   Bracken, Matthew E S ^a,b  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Co limitation; Fucus vesiculosus; Nutrient limitation; Nutrient uptake; Stoichiometry

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MACROALGA; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHOSPHORUS; SEAWEED;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MAINE;

FUCUS VESICULOSUS;

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; FUCUS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEA; UNITED STATES;

FUCUS; MAINE; NITROGEN; OCEANS AND SEAS; PHOSPHORUS; SEAWATER;

EID: 84901192330     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-014-2914-x     Document Type: Article

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