Primary production of deep-water Halophila ovalis meadows

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 65, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 71-82

  Erftemeijer, Paul L A ^a   Stapel, Johan ^b  

^a Wetlands International Thailand office   (Thailand)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Halophila ovalis; Indonesia; Light limitation; Oxygen exchange; Production; Seagrass; Sedimentation

Indexed keywords

DEEP WATER; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEAGRASS MEADOW;

AQUATIC FLORA; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; ECOLOGY; GRASS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; METABOLIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; SEDIMENT;

INDONESIA;

HALOPHILA OVALIS;

EID: 0032729907     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3770(99)00032-7     Document Type: Article

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