Effects of a deposit-feeding invertebrate on the entrapment of Zostera marina L. seeds

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 235-247

  Luckenbach, Mark W ^a   Orth, Robert J ^a  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic invertebrates; Clymenella torquata; Dispersal; Seeds; Zostera marina

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; SEED DISPERSAL; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

AQUATIC FLORA; ARTICLE; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; GERMINATION; GRASS; INVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; POLYCHAETA; SHEAR STRESS;

CLYMENELLA TORQUATA; ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 0033063513     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3770(98)00098-9     Document Type: Article

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