Morphological and genetic variation in the endemic seagrass Halophila hawaiiana (Hydrocharitaceae) in the Hawaiian Archipelago

Pacific Science

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 199-209

  McDermid, Karla J ^a   Gregoritza, Monica C ^a   Reeves, Jason W ^b   Freshwater, D Wilson ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

^b Department of Biology and Marine Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDEMIC SPECIES; GENETIC VARIATION; MORPHOLOGY; SEAGRASS;

HAWAII; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

HALOPHILA; HALOPHILA HAWAIIANA; HAWAIIA;

EID: 0037513276     PISSN: 00308870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/psc.2003.0017     Document Type: Article

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