Restoration experiment of Zostera marina L. in a subtropical coastal lagoon

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 12-18

  Rodríguez Salinas, Paola ^a   Riosmena Rodríguez, Rafael ^a,b,c   Hinojosa Arango, Gustavo ^b   Muñiz Salazar, Raquel ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR   (Mexico)

^b The School for Field Studies   (Mexico)

^c Universidad Autnoma de Baja California   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Nutrients; Subtropical; Survival; Transplants; Zostera marina

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC FACTORS; CALIFORNIA; COASTAL DEVELOPMENT; COASTAL LAGOONS; COASTAL LOCATIONS; FISH CANNERY; MACRO-ALGAE; SEAGRASSES; SHOOT DENSITY; SURVIVAL; Z. MARINA; ZOSTERA MARINA;

EXPERIMENTS; LAKES; LANDFORMS; MARINAS; NUTRIENTS; RESTORATION; TROPICS; WASTEWATER;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

COASTAL LAGOON; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GREEN ALGA; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MACROALGA; MEADOW; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEAGRASS; SUBTROPICAL REGION; SURVIVAL; TRANSPLANTATION;

BAJA CALIFORNIA [(PNN) MEXICO]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 71149086489     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2009.09.004     Document Type: Article

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