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The response of interstitial ammonium in eelgrass (Zostera marina L.) beds to environmental perturbations
| Title: | The response of interstitial ammonium in eelgrass (Zostera marina L.) beds to environmental perturbations. |
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| Name(s): |
Short, F. T., creator Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Article | |
| Issuance: | single unit | |
| Date Issued: | 1983 | |
| Publisher: | Elsevier B.V. | |
| Extent: | 15 p. | |
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| Language(s): | English | |
| Identifier: | 3331842 (digitool), FADT3331842 (IID), fau:6119 (fedora), 10.1016/0022-0981(83)90159-4 (doi) | |
| Note(s): |
Natural and human-induced perturbations of eelgrass (Zostera marina L.) beds were used to examine the interaction between the sediment interstitial ammonium pool and nitrogen uptake by the plants. Eelgrass colonization of unvegetated areas was accompanied by a substantial decrease in the interstitial ammonium pool over a 4-yr period. The changes in interstitial ammonium and shoot density during colonization support an already determined relationship between shoot density and ammonium pool measurements. In field perturbation experiments, removing eelgrass leaves and sealing the sediment surface altered the flux of ammonium from the interstitial ammonium pool, and resulted in a rapid increase in interstitial ammonium concentrations. This manuscript is an author version with the final publication available at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00220981 and may be cited as: Short, F. T. (1983). The response of interstitial ammonium in eelgrass (Zostera marina L.) beds to environmentalperturbations. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 68(2), 195-208. doi:10.1016/0022-0981(83)90159-4 Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution #325. |
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| Subject(s): |
Eelgrass Zostera marina Ammonium Nitrogen Environmental perturbations |
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| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3331842 | |
| Links: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0022-0981(83)90159-4 | |
| Restrictions on Access: | ©1983 Elsevier B.V. | |
| Host Institution: | FAU |
