Quality of the seagrass Halophila ovalis on a Thai intertidal flat as food for the dugong

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 183-186

  Yamamuro, Masumi ^a   Chirapart, Anong ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Fiber; Growth rate; Lipid; Nitrogen; Phosphorus

Indexed keywords

FOOD AVAILABILITY; HABITAT QUALITY;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND; WORLD;

CYMODOCEA ROTUNDATA; ENHALUS ACOROIDES; HALOPHILA; HALOPHILA OVALIS; THALASSIA HEMPRICHII;

EID: 22844445614     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10872-005-0030-6     Document Type: Article

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