Recovery of Posidonia meadows in Oyster Harbour, southwestern Australia

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 1279-1289

  Cambridge, M L ^a   Bastyan, G R ^b   Walker, D I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RECOLONIZATION; RECOVERY; RECRUITMENT; RHIZOME; SEAGRASS MEADOW; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT;

AUSTRALIA;

HALOPHILA; OSTREIDAE; POSIDONIA; POSIDONIA AUSTRALIS;

EID: 0038756369     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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