Direct effects of current velocity on the growth, morphometry and architecture of seagrasses: A case study on Zostera noltii

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 327, Issue , 2006, Pages 135-142

  Peralta, Gloria ^a,b   Brun, Fernando G ^a,b   Pérez Lloréns, J Lucas ^b   Bouma, Tjeerd J ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acclimation; Flume tank; Growth; Hydrodynamics; Plant morphometry; Seagrass

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; CURRENT VELOCITY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; HYDRODYNAMICS; MORPHOMETRY; SEAGRASS;

ZOSTERA NOLTII;

EID: 33846453978     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps327135     Document Type: Article

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