Twentyfive years of changes in the distribution and biomass of eelgrass, Zostera marina, in Grevelingen lagoon, The Netherlands

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 107-117

  Nienhuis, P H ^a,b   De Bree, B H H ^c   Herman, P M J ^a   Holland, A M B ^d   Verschuure, J M ^a   Wessel, E G J ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c Centre for Estuarine and Coastal Ecology ^*  (Netherlands)

^d National Institute for Coastal and Marine Management RIKZ   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biomass changes; Distribution patterns; Eelgrass; Environmental variables; Long term population changes; Marine lagoon; Zostera marina

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BIOMASS CHANGES; ECOLOGICAL DISTRIBUTION; LAGOON; LAGOON ECOSYSTEMS; LONG-TERM PATTERNS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEAGRASS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; COASTAL LAGOON; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; SEAGRASS MEADOW;

NETHERLANDS, GREVELINGEN LAGOON; NETHERLANDS;

ZOSTERA MARINA; ZOSTERACEAE;

EID: 0030298884     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02272232     Document Type: Article

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