Seagrass canopy photosynthetic response is a function of canopy density and light environment: A model for Amphibolis griffithii

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Hedley, John D ^a   McMahon, Kathryn ^b   Fearns, Peter ^c  

^a Environmental Computer Science Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLIS GRIFFITHII; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CANOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FOREST STRUCTURE; LIGHT INTENSITY; LIGHT SCATTERING; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STRUCTURES; SEAGRASS; WATER ABSORPTION; WATER TEMPERATURE; ALISMATALES; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; SUNLIGHT;

AMPHIBOLIS GRIFFITHII;

ALISMATIDAE; BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 84908577275     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0111454     Document Type: Article

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