Patterns and sources of variation in flowering, seed supply and seedling recruitment in surfgrass phyllospadix torreyi

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 384, Issue , 2009, Pages 97-106

  Reed, Daniel C ^a   Holbrook, Sally J ^a   Blanchette, Carol A ^a   Worcester, Suzanne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersal; El Ni o; Phenology; Phyllospadix torreyi; Plant reproduction; Pollen limitation; Seagrass

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FLOWERING; FRUIT PRODUCTION; JUVENILE; PHENOLOGY; POLLEN; POPULATION DENSITY; RARITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REPRODUCTION; SEAGRASS; SEED PRODUCTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SANTA BARBARA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

PHYLLOSPADIX; PHYLLOSPADIX TORREYI;

EID: 67651085166     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08033     Document Type: Article

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