Regulation of light attenuation and eelgrass Zostera marina depth distribution in a Danish embayment

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 134, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 187-194

  Olesen, Birgit ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Eutrophication; Phytoplankton; Resuspension; Secchi depth; Zostera marina

Indexed keywords

ZOSTERA MARINA;

ECOLOGICAL DISTRIBUTION; EUTROPHICATION; LIGHT ATTENUATION; REMEDIATION; RESUSPENSION;

DENMARK, LIMFJORD;

EID: 0029668920     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps134187     Document Type: Article

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