Population age structure and rhizome growth of Cymodocea nodosa in the Ria Formosa (southern Portugal)

Marine Biology

Volumn 146, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 841-847

  Cunha, A H ^a,c   Duarte, C M ^b  

^a Instituto da Conservacao da Natureza   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POPULATION STRUCTURE;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FARO [PORTUGAL]; PORTUGAL; RIA FORMOSA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

CYMODOCEA NODOSA;

EID: 17444377568     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-004-1496-2     Document Type: Article

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