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Morphological and physiological responses of Macrocystis pyrifera to nitrate enrichment

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Druehl, L.D. Morphological and physiological responses of Macrocystis pyrifera to nitrate enrichment. Hydrobiologia 116, 471–474 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00027725

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