Morphological variation in the seagrass Halodule wrightii near its southern distributional limit

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 59, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 163-172

  Creed, Joel C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS JARDIM BOTÂNICO DO RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Distribution; Halodule wrightii; Marine angiosperm; Morphometry

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGICAL VARIATION; POLYMORPHISM; SEAGRASS;

AQUATIC FLORA; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GRASS; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN;

BRAZIL, RIO DE JANEIRO STATE;

CYMODOCEACEAE; HALODULE WRIGHTII;

EID: 0031431660     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3770(97)00059-4     Document Type: Article

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