Recruitment and colonisation of vegetative fragments of Posidonia australis and Posidonia coriacea

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 175-184

  Campbell, Marnie L ^a,b  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Corporate Process Management ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Colonisation; Posidonia australis; Posidonia coriacea; Recruitment; Survival; Vegetative fragment

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; RECRUITMENT; RHIZOME; SEAGRASS; SURVIVAL; VEGETATIVE REPRODUCTION;

AUSTRALIA; INDIAN OCEAN; SUCCESS BANK; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

POSIDONIA AUSTRALIS; POSIDONIA CORIACEA;

EID: 0037853078     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3770(03)00016-0     Document Type: Article

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