Note on organic dormancy of estuarine Ruppia maritima L. seeds

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 617, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 197-201

  Cho, Hyun Jung ^a   Sanders, Yvonne L ^a  

^a Jackson State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Estuary; Germination; Physical dormancy; Ruppia maritima; Seeds

Indexed keywords

ESTUARIES; FORESTRY; SEED;

GERMINATION; GERMINATION RATES; LABORATORY STUDIES; LOUISIANA , USA; PHYSICAL DORMANCY; RUPPIA MARITIMA; SEA GRASSES; SEED DORMANCIES; SEED GERMINATIONS; SEED STORAGES; SEED VIABILITIES;

BIODIVERSITY;

AQUATIC PLANT; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; GERMINATION; SEAGRASS; SEED DORMANCY; SEEDLING; STRATIFICATION; SUBMERGED VEGETATION;

LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN; LOUISIANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

RUPPIA MARITIMA;

EID: 57649238068     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-008-9541-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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