Eelgrass (Zostera marina L.) seed protection for field experiments and implications for large-scale restoration

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 51-61

  Harwell, Matthew C ^a   Orth, Robert J ^a  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chesapeake Bay; Seagrass restoration; Seed germination; Seed protection; Zostera marina

Indexed keywords

RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEED; SURVIVAL;

ARTICLE; CONTAINER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERMINATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT SEED; PROTECTION; SURVIVAL;

ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 0033011622     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3770(99)00008-X     Document Type: Article

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