Diversity and distribution of seagrasses around Inhaca Island, southern Mozambique

South African Journal of Botany

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 191-198

  Bandeira, S O ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; IDENTIFICATION KEY; SEAGRASS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

INHACA ISLAND; MOZAMBIQUE;

ALGAE; CYMODOCEA; CYMODOCEA ROTUNDATA; CYMODOCEA SERRULATA; EUKARYOTA; HALODULE; HALODULE WRIGHTII; HALOPHILA; HALOPHILA OVALIS; SYRINGODIUM; SYRINGODIUM ISOETIFOLIUM; THALASSIA HEMPRICHII; THALASSODENDRON CILIATUM; ZOSTERA CAPENSIS;

EID: 0036658069     PISSN: 02546299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0254-6299(15)30419-1     Document Type: Article

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