Temperature requirements for seed germination and seedling growth of Zostera marina from central Japan

Fisheries Science

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 589-593

  Abe, Mahiko ^a,b   Kurashima, Akira ^a   Maegawa, Miyuki ^a  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Growth; Seed germination; Seedling; Temperature requirement; Zostera marina

Indexed keywords

ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 44849106110     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: 14442906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-2906.2008.01562.x     Document Type: Article

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