Zostera marina (eelgrass) growth and survival along a gradient ofnutrients and turbidity in the lower Chesapeake Bay

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 142, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 247-259

  Moore, Kenneth A ^a   Neckles, Hilary A ^b   Orth, Robert J ^a  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chesapeake Bay; Epiphytes; Growth; Inorganic nutrients; Seagrass; Survival; Turbidity; Waterquality; Zostera manna

Indexed keywords

ZOSTERA MARINA; ZOSTERACEAE;

EELGRASS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GROWTH; NUTRIENT LEVEL; SEAGRASS; SURVIVAL; TURBIDITY;

USA, CHESAPEAKE BAY;

EID: 0030304069     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps142247     Document Type: Article

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