Seagrass ecosystems in the Western Indian Ocean

Ambio

Volumn 31, Issue 7-8, 2002, Pages 588-596

  Gullström, Martin ^a,b   De La Torre Castro, Maricela ^c   Bandeira, Salomão O ^d   Björk, Mats ^c   Dahlberg, Mattis ^a,b   Kautsky, Nils ^c   Rönnbäck, Patrik ^c   Öhman, Marcus C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b GÖTEBORG UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEAGRASS;

(WEST); INDIAN OCEAN;

ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; APOGONIDAE; AVICENNIA; BLENNIIDAE; CENTRISCIDAE; GERREIDAE; GOBIIDAE; HALOPHILA; INVERTEBRATA; LABRIDAE; LETHRINIDAE; LUTJANIDAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MONACANTHIDAE; POACEAE; RHIZOPHORACEAE; SCARIDAE; SCORPAENIDAE; SIGANIDAE; SYNGNATHIDAE; TERAPONTIDAE;

EID: 0036990871     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1579/0044-7447-31.7.588     Document Type: Conference Paper

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