Growth dynamics of Zostera in Sevastopol Bay (Crimea, Black Sea)

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 244-248

  Phillips, Ronald C ^a   Milchakova, Nataliya A ^a   Alexandrov, Vladimir V ^a  

^a A O KOVALEVSKY INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY OF THE SOUTHERN SEAS OF RAS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Biomass; Density; Primary production; Reproductive shoot; Seagrass; Seedling; Zostera marina; Zostera noltii

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DENSITY; DEPTH; GROWTH; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEAGRASS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEEDLING; SHOOT; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

CRIMEA; EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SEVASTOPOL BAY; UKRAINE;

ZOSTERA; ZOSTERA MARINA; ZOSTERA NOLTII;

EID: 33746267896     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2006.03.004     Document Type: Article

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