Seaweed compost for agricultural crop production

Journal of Applied Phycology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 629-642

  Cole, Andrew J ^a   Roberts, David A ^a   Garside, Alan L ^a   de Nys, Rocky ^a   Paul, Nicholas A ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Electrical conductivity; Macroalgae; Nitrogen; Phosphorous; Salt

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957428544     PISSN: 09218971     EISSN: 15735176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10811-015-0544-2     Document Type: Article

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