Survival and expansion of mechanically transplanted seagrass sods

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 359-368

  Uhrin, Amy V ^a   Hall, Margaret O ^b   Merello, Manuel F ^b   Fonseca, Mark S ^a  

^a NOAA/NOS/NCCOS   (United States)

^b FLORIDA MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Halodule wrightii; Mechanized planting; Restoration; Shoal grass; Thalassia testudinum; Transplanting; Turtle grass

Indexed keywords

RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEAGRASS; SHOOT; SURVIVAL; TRANSPLANTATION;

HALODULE WRIGHTII; TESTUDINES; THALASSIA; THALASSIA TESTUDINUM;

EID: 65449174216     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2008.00376.x     Document Type: Article

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