Effects of depth on manual transplantation of the seagrass Amphibolis griffithii (J. M. Black) den Hartog on Success Bank, Western Australia

Pacific Conservation Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 318-320

  Paling, Eric I ^a   Van Keulen, Mike ^a   Wheeler, Karen ^a   Walker, Cathy ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Depth; Seagrass transplantation; Sediment movement

Indexed keywords

DEPTH; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEAGRASS; TRANSPLANTATION;

AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

AMPHIBOLIS GRIFFITHII;

EID: 0003529876     PISSN: 10382097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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