Suitability of Zostera marina populations for transplantation to the Wadden Sea as determined by a mesocosm shading experiment

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 283-305

  Van Katwijk, Marieke M ^a   Schmitz, Godefridus H W ^a   Hanssen, Lucien S A M ^b   Den Hartog, Cornelis ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Found for Sci and T   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Eelgrass; Light availability; Planting density; Re establishment; Reproductive strategy; Seagrass

Indexed keywords

MESOCOSM EXPERIMENT; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SHADE TOLERANCE; TRANSPLANTATION; VEGETATION RESTORATION;

AQUATIC FLORA; ARTICLE; EXPERIMENT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION; SEA;

WADDEN SEA;

ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 0032051574     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3770(98)00053-9     Document Type: Article

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