Rhizome elongation and seagrass clonal growth

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 174, Issue , 1998, Pages 269-280

  Marbà, Núria ^a,b   Duarte, Carlos M ^b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

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

Author keywords

Branching rate and angle; Clonal growth; Plant allometry; Rhizome diameter; Rhizome elongation; Seagrasses; Spacer length

Indexed keywords

CLONAL GROWTH; RHIZOME; SEAGRASS;

HALOPHILA OVALIS; POSIDONIA OCEANICA; THALASSODENDRON CILIATUM;

EID: 0032569950     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps174269     Document Type: Article

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