Stability of eelgrass (Zostera marina L.) depth limits: Influence of habitat type

Marine Biology

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 803-812

  Greve, Tina Maria ^b   Krause Jensen, Dorte ^a  

^a Department of Inland Fisheries   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPTH; ECOLOGICAL STABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; EUTROPHICATION; HABITAT TYPE; SEAGRASS MEADOW;

DENMARK; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; WORLD;

HALOPHILA; ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 21844441184     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-005-1600-2     Document Type: Article

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