Groundwater effects on diversity and abundance of lagoonal seagrasses in Kenya and on Zanzibar Island (East Africa)

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 231, Issue , 2002, Pages 75-83

  Kamermans, Pauline ^a   Hemminga, Marten A ^a   Tack, Jurgen F ^a   Mateo, Miguel A ^a   Marbà, Núria ^a   Mtolera, Matern ^a   Stapel, Johan ^a   Verheyden, Anouk ^a   Van Daele, Toon ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Abundance; Diversity; Groundwater model; Nitrogen; Salinity; Thalassia hemprichii; Thalassodendron ciliatum; Tropical seagrasses

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COASTAL LAGOON; GROUNDWATER FLOW; NITROGEN; SALINITY; SEAGRASS; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

KENYA; TANZANIA; ZANZIBAR ISLAND;

HALOPHILA; THALASSIA HEMPRICHII; THALASSODENDRON CILIATUM;

EID: 0037156091     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps231075     Document Type: Article

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