Intra-specific responses of Cymodocea nodosa to macro-nutrient, irradiance and copper exposure

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 469, Issue , 2015, Pages 113-122

  Papathanasiou, Vasillis ^a   Orfanidis, Sotiris ^a   Brown, Murray T ^b  

^a ELGO DIMITRA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Factorial experiments; Leaf elongation; Mixed effects models; PAM fluorescence; Seagrass

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EUTROPHICATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLUORESCENCE; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MEADOW; NITRATE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHOSPHATE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RADIATION BALANCE; SEAGRASS;

CYMODOCEA; CYMODOCEA NODOSA;

EID: 84929660138     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2015.04.022     Document Type: Article

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