Fragments of the seagrasses Halodule wrightii and Halophila johnsonii as potential recruits in Indian River Lagoon, Florida

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 310, Issue , 2006, Pages 109-117

  Hall, Lauren M ^a   Hanisak, M Dennis ^b   Virnstein, Robert W ^a  

^a ST JOHNS RIVER WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Halodule wrightii; Halophila johnsonii; Indian River Lagoon; Seagrass recruitment; Vegetative fragmentation

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; LAGOON; MESOCOSM; PLANT COMMUNITY; SEAGRASS; SEDIMENT;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; INDIAN RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

HALODULE WRIGHTII; HALOPHILA; HALOPHILA JOHNSONII;

EID: 33646238686     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps310109     Document Type: Article

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