Do nutrient availability and plant density limit seagrass colonization in the Baltic Sea?

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 200, Issue , 2000, Pages 159-166

  Worm, Boris ^a,b   Reusch, Thorsten B H ^a,c  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Facilitation; Field experiment; Nitrogen; Nutrient limitation; Patch dynamics; Restoration; Zostera marina

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000271207     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps200159     Document Type: Article

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