Posidonia oceanica seeds from drift origin: Viability, germination and early plantlet development

Botanica Marina

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-9

  Belzunce, Miriam ^a   Navarro, Rafael M ^b   Rapoport, Hava F ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE AGRICULTURA SOSTENIBLE   (Spain)

^b Escuela Tecnica Superior de Ingenieros Agronomos y de Montes Universidad de Co   (Spain)

Author keywords

Posidonia oceanica; Seagrass; Seed; Seedling; Viability

Indexed keywords

GERMINATION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEAFLOOR; SEAGRASS; SEED; SEEDLING; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL;

POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 38849164764     PISSN: 00068055     EISSN: 14374323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BOT.2008.005     Document Type: Article

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