The role of habitat and herbivory on the restoration of tidal freshwater submerged aquatic vegetation populations

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 596-604

  Moore, Kenneth A ^a   Shields, Erin C ^a   Jarvis, Jessie C ^a  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chesapeake Bay; Nutrients; Plant growth; Seedlings; Seeds; Turbidity; Underwater grasses; Vallisneria americana

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PLANT; COASTAL ZONE; GRASS; GRAZING PRESSURE; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT RESTORATION; HERBIVORY; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; TURBIDITY;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; UNITED STATES;

APIUM GRAVEOLENS VAR. DULCE; POACEAE; VALLISNERIA AMERICANA;

EID: 77955135481     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2010.00699.x     Document Type: Article

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