Distribution, abundance, and species composition of seagrasses at several sites in Oman

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 53, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 199-213

  Jupp, B P ^a   Durako, M J ^b   Kenworthy, W J ^c   Thayer, G W ^c   Schillak, L ^d  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b FLORIDA MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c SOUTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d World Wide Fund for Nature   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arabian Sea upwelling; Grazing; Oman; Seagrasses; Survival strategies

Indexed keywords

CHELONIA MYDAS; HALODULE; HALODULE UNINERVIS; HALOPHILA; MYDAS; SYRINGODIUM ISOETIFOLIUM; TESTUDINES; THALASSODENDRON CILIATUM; HALOPHYLA OVALIS;

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISTRIBUTION; SEA GRASS; SPECIES COMPOSITION;

OMAN;

EID: 0029730607     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3770(96)01023-6     Document Type: Article

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