Long-term changes in area distribution of eelgrass (Zostera marina) in Danish coastal waters

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 167-181

  Frederiksen, Morten ^a,b   Krause Jensen, Dorte ^a   Holmer, Marianne ^b   Laursen, Jens Sund ^a,c  

^a Department of Inland Fisheries   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c Sonderjyllands Amt   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aerial photography; Area distribution; Long term change; Recolonization; Seagrass; Wasting disease; Zostera marina

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; COASTAL WATER; DISEASE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; RECOLONIZATION; SEAGRASS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

HALOPHILA; ZOSTERA; ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 0742305532     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2003.10.002     Document Type: Article

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