Toxic effects of increased sediment nutrient and organic matter loading on the seagrass zostera noltii

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 155, Issue , 2014, Pages 253-260

  Govers, Laura L ^a   de Brouwer, Jan H F ^a,c   Suykerbuyk, Wouter ^a,b   Bouma, Tjeerd J ^b   Lamers, Leon P M ^a   Smolders, Alfons J P ^a   van Katwijk, Marieke M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Eutrophication; Joint detoxification; Nutrient; Organic matter; Sulfide toxicity

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; NITRATE; ORGANIC MATTER; PHOSPHATE; SULFIDE;

AMMONIUM; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DETOXIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EUTROPHICATION; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; ORGANIC MATTER; PATCH DYNAMICS; SEAGRASS; SULFIDE; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EUTROPHICATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; NUTRIENT LOADING; PATCH DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEAGRASS; SEDIMENT; SURVIVAL; ZOSTERA NOLTII;

EUTROPHICATION; JOINT DETOXIFICATION; NUTRIENT; ORGANIC MATTER; SULFIDE TOXICITY;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BIOMASS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; PHOSPHATES; SULFIDES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZOSTERACEAE;

EID: 84904867890     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: 18791514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2014.07.005     Document Type: Article

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