Decline and recovery of seagrass ecosystems- the dynamics of change

Seagrasses: Biology, Ecology and Conservation

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 551-565

  Walker, Diana I ^a   Kendrick, Gary A ^a   McComb, Arthur J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 33845523816     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-2983-7_23     Document Type: Chapter

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