Seasonality and depth zonation of intertidal Halophila ovalis and Zostera japonica in Ha Long Bay (northern Vietnam)

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 147-157

  Huong, Tu Thi Lan ^a   Vermaat, Jan E ^b,g   Terrados, Jorge ^c   Van Tien, Nguyen ^a   Duarte, Carlos M ^d   Borum, Jens ^e   Tri, Nguyen Hoang ^f  

^a Hai Prong Institute of Oceanology   (Viet Nam)

^b UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^c CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

^d CSIC   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^f VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^g INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Asia; Clonal branching; Flowering; Halophila ovalis; Reciprocal transplantation; Seagrass; Zosterajaponica

Indexed keywords

DEPTH; DESICCATION; ECOLOGICAL ZONATION; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; SEAGRASS; SEASONALITY;

VIET NAM;

HALOPHILA; HALOPHILA OVALIS; JAPONICA; ZOSTERA JAPONICA;

EID: 0037301999     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3770(02)00172-9     Document Type: Article

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