Seagrass recovery in the Northern Wadden Sea?

Helgoland Marine Research

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 77-84

  Reise, Karsten ^a   Kohlus, Jörn ^b  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b Landesamt für den Nationalpark Schleswig Holsteinisches Wattenmeer ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Aerial survey; Green algae; Intertidal; Land claim; Sediment stability; Zostera

Indexed keywords

AERIAL SURVEY; GREEN ALGA; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; REMOTE SENSING; SEAGRASS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; WADDEN SEA;

CHLOROPHYTA; ZOSTERA;

EID: 39649116938     PISSN: 1438387X     EISSN: 14383888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10152-007-0088-1     Document Type: Article

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