Impacts of groundwater discharge at Myora Springs (North Stradbroke Island, Australia) on the phenolic metabolism of eelgrass, Zostera muelleri, and grazing by the juvenile rabbitfish, Siganus fuscescens

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Arnold, Thomas ^a   Freundlich, Grace ^a   Weilnau, Taylor ^a   Verdi, Arielle ^a   Tibbetts, Ian R ^b  

^a DICKINSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; GROUND WATER; LIGNIN; NITROGEN; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; TANNIN DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING; FISH; GROUNDWATER DISCHARGE; NATURAL SPRING; NONHUMAN; PH; PLANT ANIMAL INTERACTION; PLANT METABOLISM; PLANT TISSUE; SEAGRASS; SECONDARY METABOLISM; SHOOT; SIGANUS FUSCESCENS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER AND WATER RELATED PHENOMENA; ZOSTERA MUELLERI; ANIMAL; METABOLISM; ZOSTERACEAE;

ANIMALS; FISHES; GROUNDWATER; PHENOLS; QUEENSLAND; ZOSTERACEAE;

EID: 84940293643     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0104738     Document Type: Article

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