The role of seedlings and seed bank viability in the recovery of Chesapeake Bay, USA, Zostera marina populations following a large-scale decline

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 649, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 55-68

  Jarvis, Jessie C ^a,b   Moore, Kenneth A ^a  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^b US ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Decline; Seed bank; Seedling; Sexual reproduction; Zostera marina

Indexed keywords

ABOVE GROUND BIOMASS; CHESAPEAKE BAY; DIE-OFF; FIRST YEAR; LOW LIGHT CONDITIONS; RE-COLONIZATION; SEED BANK; SEED GERMINATION; SEED VIABILITY; SEEDLING; SEEDLING GROWTH; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; SHOOT DENSITY; Z. MARINA; ZOSTERA MARINA;

FORESTRY; MARINAS; PLANTS (BOTANY); REVEGETATION; SOIL CONSERVATION;

SEED;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ABUNDANCE; BAY; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; LIGHT EFFECT; POPULATION DECLINE; RECOLONIZATION; SEAGRASS; SEED BANK; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; TRANSECT;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA; YORK RIVER;

ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 77952424999     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-010-0258-z     Document Type: Article

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