Are seagrass growth and survival constrained by the reducing conditions of the sediment?

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 65, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 175-197

  Terrados, J ^a   Duarte, C M ^a   Kamp Nielsen, L ^c   Agawin, N S R ^b   Gacia, E ^b   Lacap, D ^d   Fortes, M D ^d   Borum, J ^c   Lubanski, M ^c   Greve, T ^c  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d University of the Philippines Diliman   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Leaf growth; Redox potential; Seagrasses; Sediment anoxia; Shoot mortality; Sulfide

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; GROWTH; MORPHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEAGRASS; SURVIVAL;

ADAPTATION; AQUATIC FLORA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRASS; GROWTH INHIBITION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT LEAF; SEDIMENT;

CYMODOCEA NODOSA; THALASSIA HEMPRICHII; ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 0032751436     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3770(99)00039-X     Document Type: Article

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