Growth and population dynamics of Thalassodendron ciliatum in a Kenyan back-reef lagoon

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-11

  Duarte, Carlos M ^a   Hemminga, Marten A ^b   Marbà, Nuria ^a,b  

^a CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Population dynamics; Seagrass; Thalassodendron ciliatum

Indexed keywords

THALASSODENDRON CILIATUM; CYMODOCEACEAE;

GROWTH; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

KENYA;

EID: 0030485417     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3770(96)01066-2     Document Type: Article

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