Contrasting responses in two populations of Zostera noltii Hornem. to experimental photoperiod manipulation at two salinities

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 179-189

  Vermaat, Jan E ^a   Verhagen, Frank C A ^a   Lindenburg, Don ^a  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Growth curves; Latitudinal variation; Phenotypic plasticity; Respiratory demand; Seagrass; Survival

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; GROWTH RESPONSE; INTERPOPULATION VARIATION; MORTALITY; PHOTOPERIOD; SALINITY; SEAGRASS;

ARTICLE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GRASS; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PLANT GROWTH; SALINITY; SPAIN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

NETHERLANDS; SPAIN;

ZOSTERA NOLTII;

EID: 0034112330     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3770(00)00090-5     Document Type: Article

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