Circular pools in the seagrass beds of the Banc d'Arguin, Mauritania, and their possible origin

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 93-100

  Van Der Laan, B B P A ^a   Wolff, Wim J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Banc d'Arguin; Circular pools; Cymodocea nodosa; Mauritania; Seagrass; Zostera noltii

Indexed keywords

EROSION; POOL; SEAGRASS; TIDAL FLAT;

AFRICA; BANC D'ARGUIN; MAURITANIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

CALLINECTES MARGINATUS; CYMODOCEA NODOSA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); HALOPHILA; ZOSTERA NOLTII;

EID: 30544449135     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2005.07.009     Document Type: Article

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