Seed rafting as a dispersal strategy for eelgrass (Zostera marina)

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 148-153

  Kallstrom B ^a   Nyqvist, A ^b   Aberg P ^b   Bodin, M ^b   Andre C ^a  

^a GÖTEBORG UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Breaking force; Dispersal potential; Marine plant; Modelling; Sea surface drift; Seagrass

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; DIEBACK; DISPERSAL; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; MORPHOLOGY; SEA SURFACE; SEAGRASS; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

RHIPIDIA; ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 37349094358     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2007.09.005     Document Type: Article

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