Monitoring seagrass ecosystem health-The role of perception in defining health and indicators

Ecosystem Health

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 134-148

  Wood, N ^a   Lavery, P ^a  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PERCEPTION; SEAGRASS MEADOW;

AUSTRALIA;

HALOPHILA; POSIDONIA; POSIDONIA ANGUSTIFOLIA;

EID: 0033864258     PISSN: 10762825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-0992.2000.00015.x     Document Type: Article

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