Light and photosynthesis in seagrass meadows

Seagrasses: Biology, Ecology and Conservation

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 303-321

  Zimmerman, Richard C ^a  

^a Old Dominion University   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-2983-7_13     Document Type: Chapter

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