Patch dynamics and response to disturbance of the seagrass Zostera novazelandica on intertidal platforms in southern New Zealand

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 189, Issue , 1999, Pages 275-288

  Ramage, Deborah L ^a   Schiel, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Intertidal; New Zealand; Patch dynamics; Seagrass; Zostera novazelandica

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; PATCH DYNAMICS; PATCH SIZE; SEAGRASS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

HALOPHILA; ZOSTERA NOVAZELANDICA;

EID: 0033607766     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps189275     Document Type: Article

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