Posidonia oceanica seedling root structure and development

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 203-210

  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

Germination; Hypodermis; Root system; Seagrass; Seedling

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; GERMINATION; ROOT ARCHITECTURE; ROOT SYSTEM; SEAGRASS; SEEDLING;

POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 39649086695     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2007.10.008     Document Type: Article

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