Synchronized anthesis and predation on pollen in the marine angiosperm Thalassia testudinum (Hydrocharitaceae)

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 354, Issue , 2008, Pages 119-124

  Van Tussenbroek, Brigitta I ^a   Wong, J G Ricardo ^a   Márquez Guzman, Judith ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Caribbean Sea; Fish; Hydrophilous pollination; Scaridae; Seagrass; Synchronization

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE REACTION; FLOWER VISITING; HERBIVORY; PERCIFORM; POLLINATION; PREDATION; SEAGRASS; SYNCHRONY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA;

HYDROCHARITACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; SCARIDAE; THALASSIA TESTUDINUM;

EID: 40149095910     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07212     Document Type: Article

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