Effects of epiphyte load on optical properties and photosynthetic potential of the seagrasses Thalassia testudinum Banks ex König and Zostera marina L.

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 48, Issue 1 II, 2003, Pages 456-463

  Drake, Lisa A ^a   Dobbs, Fred C ^a   Zimmerman, Richard C ^b  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; EPIPHYTE; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEAGRASS;

BAHAMAS; LEE STOCKING ISLAND;

HALOPHILA; RICKETTSIA SP. PAR; THALASSIA TESTUDINUM; ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 0037260823     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2003.48.1_part_2.0456     Document Type: Article

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