Investigator group expedition 2006: Seagrasses of the investigator group region: Posidonia meadow condition in a pristine offshore marine environment

Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 81-94

  Bryars, Simon ^a,b   Wear, Rachel ^a  

^a SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b Department for Environment and Heritage ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Epiphytes; Flowering; Gastropods

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLIS; GASTROPODA; HALOPHILA AUSTRALIS; HETEROZOSTERA; POSIDONIA;

EID: 57349097668     PISSN: 03721426     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03721426.2008.10887096     Document Type: Article

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