Density and distribution of seeds in bottom sediments in Zostera marina beds in Ago Bay, central Japan

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 38-42

  Morita, Teruwo ^a   Okumura, Hiroyuki ^b   Abe, Mahiko ^c   Kurashima, Akira ^d   Maegawa, Miyuki ^d  

^a MIE Industry and Enterprise Support Center   (Japan)

^b Mie Prefectural Science and Technology Promotion Center   (Japan)

^c FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^d MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bottom sediment; Seed; Seed bank; Seed coat; Zostera marina

Indexed keywords

DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEAGRASS; SEDIMENT CORE; SEED; SEED BANK; SEED DISPERSAL;

AGO BAY; ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; KINKI; MIE;

ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 34248187657     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2007.03.001     Document Type: Article

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