A review of epiphyte community development: Surface interactions and settlement on seagrass

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 629-638

  Michael, Teena S ^a   Shin, Hyun Woung ^b   Hanna, Richard ^c   Spafford, David C ^d  

^a CHAMINADE UNIVERSITY OF HONOLULU   (United States)

^b Soonchunhyang University   (South Korea)

^c NATIONAL TROPICAL BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Epiphytes; Seagrass; Surface interactions

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; LITERATURE REVIEW; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEAGRASS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP;

BIODIVERSITY; CELL SURFACE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL RECOLONIZATION; EPIPHYTE; INDICATOR ORGANISM; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; REVIEW; SEAGRASS; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 50049110310     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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