Rafting on wrack as a mode of dispersal for plants in coastal marshes

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 372-376

  Minchinton, Todd E ^a,b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Estuaries; Invasive species; Phragmites; Recruitment; Salt marsh; Seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PLANT; DISPERSAL; RECRUITMENT; SALTMARSH; TIDAL CHANNEL;

NORTH AMERICA; PALMER RIVER; RHODE ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; PHRAGMITES;

EID: 33645112757     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2006.01.007     Document Type: Article

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