Functional trajectory models for assessment of transplanted eelgrass, Zostera marina L., in the Great Bay Estuary, New Hampshire

Estuaries

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 936-947

  Evans, N Tay ^a,b   Short, Frederick T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; HABITAT RESTORATION; SEAGRASS;

GREAT BAY ESTUARY; NEW JERSEY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

HALOPHILA; INVERTEBRATA; ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 31144432038     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02696021     Document Type: Article

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