The seed banks of two temporarily open/closed estuaries in South Africa

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 328-332

  Riddin, T ^a   Adams, J B ^a  

^a NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Charophytes; Estuary; Germination rate; Ruppia; Sarcocornia; Seed bank

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; GERMINATION; HALOPHYTE; PROPAGULE; SALTMARSH; SEED BANK; WATER LEVEL;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

BOLBOSCHOENUS MARITIMUS; CHARA; CHARA VULGARIS; CHARACEAE; CHARALES; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; RUPPIA; RUPPIA CIRRHOSA; SALICORNIA MEYERIANA; SARCOCORNIA; SARCOCORNIA PERENNIS; SPOROBOLUS VIRGINICUS;

EID: 61849163368     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2008.12.003     Document Type: Article

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