Effects of physiological integration on the survival and growth of ramets and clonal fragments in the seagrass Syringodium filiforme

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 372, Issue , 2008, Pages 97-104

  Schwarzschild, Arthur C ^a   Zieman, Joseph C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Clonal integration; Ramet growth; Resource sharing; Seagrass; Syringodium filiforme

Indexed keywords

CLONE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROWTH RESPONSE; MESOCOSM; RAMET; RHIZOME; SEAGRASS; SURVIVAL;

SYRINGODIUM FILIFORME;

EID: 58249110963     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07700     Document Type: Article

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