Status of a seagrass ecosystem: An ecologically sensitive wetland habitat from India

Wetlands

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 161-170

  Jagtap, Tanaji G ^a   Komarpant, Deepali S ^a   Rodrigues, Rouchelle S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Conservation; Ecologically sensitive habitat; Management; Seagrasses; Status

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION STATUS; SEAGRASS MEADOW; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

INDIA;

ALGAE; ANNELIDA; CRUSTACEA; CYMODOCEA; CYMODOCEA ROTUNDATA; CYMODOCEA SERRULATA; ECHINODERMATA; HALODULE PINIFOLIA; HALODULE UNINERVIS; HALOPHILA; HALOPHILA BECCARII; HALOPHILA OVALIS; HALOPHILA OVATA; HARPACTICOIDA; MOLLUSCA; NEMATODA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); PISCES; POLYCHAETA; RHODOPHYTA; THALASSIA HEMPRICHII; TURBELLARIA;

EID: 0038138005     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/0277-5212(2003)023[0161:SOASEA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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