Posidonia australis seed predation in seagrass habitats of Two Peoples Bay, Western Australia

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 83-85

  Orth, Robert J ^a   Kendrick, Gary A ^b   Marion, Scott R ^a  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gammaridean amphipod; Posidonia australis; Predation; Seed

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; PREDATION RISK; SAND; SEAGRASS; SEED PREDATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; ROTTNEST ISLAND; TWO PEOPLES BAY; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

AMPHIPODA; CRUSTACEA; GAMMARIDEA; HALOPHILA OVALIS; LYSIANASSIDAE; POSIDONIA AUSTRALIS; POSIDONIA SINUOSA;

EID: 33751087203     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2006.09.012     Document Type: Article

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