Contrasting recolonization strategies in multi-species seagrass meadows

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 37, Issue 8-12, 1999, Pages 450-459

  Rollon, Rene N ^a,b   De Ruyter Van Steveninck, Erik D ^a   Van Vierssen, Wim ^a   Fortes, Miguel D ^b  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^b University of the Philippines Diliman   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Coastal zone; Community composition; Ecosystem disturbance; Enhalus acoroides; Restoration ecology; Seagrass; Thalassia hemprichii

Indexed keywords

HABITAT RESTORATION; RECOLONIZATION; SEAGRASS MEADOW;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GRASS; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; SEASHORE;

EID: 0032830791     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(99)00105-8     Document Type: Article

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