Flowering, fruiting and seedling of annual Halophila beccarii Aschers in Peninsular Malaysia

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 1199-1205

  Zakaria, Muta Harah ^a   Bujang, Japar Sidik ^a   Arshad, Aziz ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CROP SCIENCE   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL LAGOON; FLOWERING; FRUITING; GERMINATION; POLLINATION; SEAGRASS MEADOW; SEEDLING;

MALAYSIA;

HALOPHILA; HALOPHILA BECCARII; HALOPHILA DECIPIENS; HALOPHILA ENGELMANNII; HALOPHILA OVALIS; HALOPHILA SPINULOSA; HALOPHILA TRICOSTATA;

EID: 0038079731     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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