Apparent lack of vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhiza (VAM) in the seagrasses Zostera marina L. and Thalassia testudinum Banks ex Konig

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 63, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 261-266

  Nielsen, Søren Laurentius ^a   Thingstrup, Ida ^b   Wigand, Cathleen ^c  

^a ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Seagrasses; Thalassia testudinum; VAM; Vesicular arbuscular mycorrhiza; Zostera marina

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ANGIOSPERM; AQUATIC FLORA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GRASS; MYCORRHIZA; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN TENSION; PREVALENCE; SALINITY; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SEDIMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

THALASSIA TESTUDINUM; ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 0032949165     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3770(98)00123-5     Document Type: Article

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