A review of research on the interactions between dugongs (Dugong dugon Müller 1776) and intertidal seagrass beds in Indonesia

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 591, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 73-83

  De Iongh, H H ^a   Kiswara, W ^b   Kustiawan, W ^c   Loth, P E ^a  

^a Centre of Environmental Science   (Netherlands)

^b INDONESIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCES   (Indonesia)

^c MULAWARMAN UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Dugong conservation; Dugong ecology; Dugong seagrass interactions; Grazing strategies; Halodule uninervis; Seagrass dynamics

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBOHYDRATES; SEDIMENTS;

DUGONG CONSERVATION; DUGONG ECOLOGY; DUGONG-SEAGRASS INTERACTIONS; GRAZING STRATEGIES; HALODULE UNINERVIS; SEAGRASS DYNAMICS;

ECOLOGY;

BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; CARBOHYDRATE; GRAZING; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SEAGRASS MEADOW; SIRENIAN; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVAL; SWARD;

ARU ISLANDS; ASIA; EURASIA; INDONESIA; KALIMANTAN; MALUKU; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

DUGONG DUGON; HALODULE; HALODULE UNINERVIS;

EID: 34548172906     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-007-0785-4     Document Type: Article

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