Retrospective analysis of epiphyte assemblages in relation to seagrass loss in a eutrophic coastal embayment

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 346, Issue , 2007, Pages 97-107

  Cambridge, M L ^a   How, J R ^b   Lavery, P S ^b   Vanderklift, M A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Epiphytes; Eutrophication; Posidonia; Seagrass; Species composition; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; EPIPHYTE; EUTROPHICATION; MACROALGA; MARINE POLLUTION; SEAGRASS; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; COCKBURN SOUND; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ACROCHAETIUM; CHLOROPHYTA; LAURENCIA; POSIDONIA; ULVA; ULVA INTESTINALIS; ULVA LACTUCA;

EID: 35748978532     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps06993     Document Type: Article

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