Transplantation as a method for restoring the seagrass Posidonia australis

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 289-299

  Bastyan, G R ^a   Cambridge, M L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Posidonia australis; restoration; rhizomes; seagrass; transplantation

Indexed keywords

BIOTURBATION; BIVALVE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EUTROPHICATION; GROWTH RATE; INJURY; MEADOW; RHIZOME; SEAGRASS; SHOOT; SURVIVAL; TRANSPLANTATION; TURBIDITY;

OSTREIDAE; POSIDONIA; POSIDONIA AUSTRALIS;

EID: 45549093568     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2008.04.012     Document Type: Article

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