C:N:P ratios of benthic marine plants1
- 1 May 1983
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Limnology and Oceanography
- Vol. 28 (3) , 568-574
- https://doi.org/10.4319/lo.1983.28.3.0568
Abstract
The median C:N:P atomic ratio of benthic marine macroalgae and seagrasses is about 550:30:1. Benthic plants are much more depleted in P and less in N, relative to C, than phytoplankton. The amount of nutrients required to support a particular level of net production is much lower for benthic marine plants than it is for phytoplankton.Keywords
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