Vanishing seagrass (Zostera marina, L.) in Swedish coastal waters

Ambio

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 374-377

  Baden, Susanne ^a,b   Gullström, Martin ^b   Lundén, Bengt ^c,d   Pihl, Leif ^a,b   Rosenberg, Rutger ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b GÖTEBORG UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AQUATIC PLANT; COASTAL WATER; GPS; SPECIES INVENTORY;

SKAGERRAK; SWEDEN;

CRUSTACEA; HALOPHILA; ZOSTERA; ZOSTERA MARINA; ZOSTERACEAE;

EID: 0042286452     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1579/0044-7447-32.5.374     Document Type: Article

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