Effect of grazing by Canada geese Branta canadensis on an intertidal eelgrass Zostera marina meadow

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 333, Issue , 2007, Pages 271-279

  Rivers, David O ^a   Short, Frederick T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Canada goose; Climate change; Eelgras; Grazing; SeagrassNet; Zostera marina

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; GRAZING PRESSURE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; OVERWINTERING; RECRUITMENT; SEABIRD; SEAGRASS;

NEW HAMPSHIRE; NORTH AMERICA; PORTSMOUTH [NEW HAMPSHIRE]; UNITED STATES;

ANSER; BRANTA CANADENSIS; ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 34247163602     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps333271     Document Type: Article

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