Variation in the recruitment behaviour of seagrass seeds: Implications for population dynamics and resource management

Pacific Conservation Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 256-259

  Inglis, Graeme J ^a,b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Clonal plants; Initial seedling recruitment; Repeated seedling recruitment; Seagrass

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; DISPERSAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RECRUITMENT; SEAGRASS; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT;

HALODULE; HALOPHILA; POSIDONIA; THALASSIA;

EID: 30844452943     PISSN: 10382097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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