Publications by Bill Dennison

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Phytoplankton productivity response to nutrient concentrations, light availability and temperature along an Australian estuarine gradient (Page 1)

Phytoplankton productivity response to nutrient concentrations, light availability and temperature along an Australian estuarine gradient

O'Donohue MJH and Dennison WC ·
1997

Phytoplankton productivity and the factors that influence it were studied in the Logan River and southern Moreton Bay, a large embayment on the east coast of Australia. Phytoplankton productivity, dissolved and total nutrient concentrations, and turbidity were determined throughout high and low rainfall periods to characterize light and nutrient influences on productivity.

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Effects of ultraviolet and photosynthetically active radiation on five seagrass species (Page 1)

Effects of ultraviolet and photosynthetically active radiation on five seagrass species

Dawson SP and Dennison WC ·
1996

Five seagrass species [Halophila ovalis (R.Br) Hook. f., Halodule uninervis (Forsk.) Aschers., Zostera capricorni Aschers., Cymodocea serrulata (R.Br) Aschers. (ed.) and Syringodium isoetifolium (Aschers.) Dandy] from Moreton Bay, Australia, were grown under increased (+25%) and ambient levels of ultraviolet (UV) radiation and photosynthetically active radiation (PAR), and various morphological and physiological responses were examined.

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Light intensity and the interactions between physiology, morphology and stable isotope ratios in five species of seagrass (Page 1)

Light intensity and the interactions between physiology, morphology and stable isotope ratios in five species of seagrass

Grice AM, Loneragan NR, and Dennison WC ·
1996

The effects of light intensity on stable isotope ratios, physiology and morphology of five seagrass species were investigated in an outdoor, light controlled experiment. Seagrasses were maintained in flowing seawater aquaria, with each seagrass species exposed to different light regimes (5, 15, 20, 30, 50, and 100% full sunlight) using shade screens.

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Tissue nutrient content of Gracilaria spp (Rhodophyta) and water quality along an estuarine gradient (Page 1)

Tissue nutrient content of Gracilaria spp (Rhodophyta) and water quality along an estuarine gradient

Horrocks JL, Stewart GR, and Dennison WC ·
1995

Tissue nutrient content of Gracilaria spp. (Rhodophyta) was tested as a bioindicator of water column nutrient availability in the Logan River and southern Moreton Bay, south-eastern Queensland. Macroalgae were incubated for one to two weeks within flow-through incubation chambers suspended in the water column. Tissue nutrient content of Gracilaria spp, and water column nutrients were measured at five sites over a five-month period.

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Nitrogen Versus Phosphorus Limitation for Growth of an Estuarine Population of Eelgrass (Zostera marina L) (Page 1)

Nitrogen Versus Phosphorus Limitation for Growth of an Estuarine Population of Eelgrass (Zostera marina L)

Murray L, Dennison WC, and Kemp WM ·
1992

The relative importance of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) limitation for growth and biomass accumulation in an estuarine population of eelgrass (Zostera marina L.) was examined by in situ additions of nitrogen (+N), phosphorus (+P) and nitrogen plus phosphorus (+N+P) to sediments at low and high loading rates. Nitrogen treatments resulted in no significant increases in leaf tissue N levels and only a small increase in the N content of root plus rhizome tissues.

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