Seagrasses of Tongsha Island, with descriptions of four new records to Taiwan

Botanical Bulletin of Academia Sinica

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 163-168

  Lin, Hsing Juh ^a   Hsieh, Li Yung ^a   Liu, Pi Jen ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Coverage; Cymodocea rotundata; Cymodocea serrulata; Pratas Island; Shoot density; Syringodium isoetifolium; Thalassiodendron ciliatum

Indexed keywords

CYMODOCEA ROTUNDATA; CYMODOCEA SERRULATA; HALOPHILA; SYRINGODIUM ISOETIFOLIUM; THALASSODENDRON CILIATUM;

EID: 18844369627     PISSN: 00068063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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