Site-specific success of three transplanting methods and the effect of planting time on the establishment of Zostera marina transplants

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1238-1248

  Park, Jung Im ^a   Lee, Kun Seop ^a  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Eelgrass; Korea; Planting time; Restoration; Transplanting method; Zostera marina

Indexed keywords

ANCHORING DEVICE; PLANTING SITE; PLANTING TIME; SEAGRASS SPECIES;

COASTAL ENGINEERING; OCEAN HABITATS; RESTORATION; SEDIMENTS; THERMAL EFFECTS; WATER;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DISTURBANCE; HABITAT RESTORATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MEADOW; MORTALITY; SEAGRASS; SURVIVAL; TRANSPLANTATION; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ARTICLE; KOREA; PLANTING TIME; SEAGRASS; SEDIMENT; SPRING; SUMMER; SURVIVAL RATE; WATER TEMPERATURE; ZOSTERA MARINA;

ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; KOREA; POPULATION DENSITY; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; ZOSTERACEAE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA;

OSTREIDAE; ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 34447618431     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2007.03.020     Document Type: Article

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