Wax and wane of eelgrass Zostera marina and water column silicon levels

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 144, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 303-307

  Herman, P M J ^a   Hemminga, M A ^a   Nienhuis, P H ^a   Verschuure, J M ^a   Wessel, E G J ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coastal; Estuaries; Eutrophication; Nutrients; Seagrass; Silicate

Indexed keywords

ZOSTERA MARINA;

ESTUARIES; EUTROPHICATION; SEAGRASS; SILICON;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 0030302690     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps144303     Document Type: Article

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