Evidence for persistent seed banks in dwarf eelgrass Zostera noltii in the German Wadden Sea

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 380, Issue , 2009, Pages 73-80

  Zipperle, Andreas M ^a   Coyer, James A ^a   Reise, Karsten ^b   Stam, Wytze T ^a   Olsen, Jeanine L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

German Wadden Sea; Germination; Persistence; Seagrass; Seed bank; Zostera noltii

Indexed keywords

DOMINANCE; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SEAGRASS; SEAGRASS MEADOW; SEED BANK; SEED DISPERSAL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; WADDEN SEA;

ZOSTERA JAPONICA; ZOSTERA NOLTII;

EID: 67649148574     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07929     Document Type: Article

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