Plant-animal associations in two species of seagrasses in Western Australia

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 359-376

  Jernakoff, P ^a   Nielsen, J ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Epifauna; Epiphytes; Periphyton; Seagrass

Indexed keywords

EPIFAUNA; EPIPHYTE; PLANT-ANIMAL ASSOCIATION; SEAGRASS;

ALGA; AQUATIC FAUNA; AQUATIC FLORA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOMASS; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; POLYCHAETA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALIA, WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

AMPHIBOLIS GRIFFITHII; POSIDONIA SINUOSA;

EID: 0032051573     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3770(97)00100-9     Document Type: Article

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