Effects of tropical open-water seaweed farming on seagrass ecosystem structure and function

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 325, Issue , 2006, Pages 73-84

  Eklof J S ^a   Henriksson, R ^a   Kautsky, N ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Algae; Aquaculture; Environmental effects; Eucheuma denticulatum; Seagrass ecosystems; Seaweed farming

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROWTH RATE; SEAGRASS; SEAWEED CULTURE; SUSTAINABILITY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA; ZANZIBAR ISLAND;

ALGAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ECHINOIDEA; ENHALUS ACOROIDES; EUCHEUMA DENTICULATUM; THALASSIA HEMPRICHII;

EID: 33845425608     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps325073     Document Type: Article

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