Significance of salinity and silicon levels for growth of a formerly estuarine eelgrass (Zostera marina) population (Lake Grevelingen, The Netherlands)

Marine Biology

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 527-539

  Kamermans, P ^a   Hemminga, M A ^a   De Jong, D J ^b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b National Institute for Coastal and Marine Management RIKZ   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESTUARY; POPULATION DECLINE; SALINITY; SILICON;

NETHERLANDS;

ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 0032891713     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002270050493     Document Type: Article

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