Cultivation grazing response in seagrass may depend on phosphorus availability

Marine Biology

Volumn 163, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Holzer, K K ^a,b   McGlathery, K J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b BERMUDA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Bermuda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CARRYING CAPACITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CULTIVATION; GRAZING PRESSURE; GROWTH RESPONSE; HERBIVORY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHOSPHORUS; REDFIELD RATIO; RESIDUAL STRESS; SEAGRASS MEADOW; TURTLE;

BERMUDA;

CHELONIA MYDAS; TESTUDINES; THALASSIA TESTUDINUM;

EID: 84961620642     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-016-2855-5     Document Type: Article

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