The Role of currents and waves in the dispersal of submersed angiosperm seeds and seedlings

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 584-595

  Koch, Evamaria W ^a,b   Ailstock, M Stephen ^c   Booth, Dale M ^a   Shafer, Deborah J ^d   Magoun, A Dale ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^b Anne Arundel Community College   (United States)

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

^d Applied Research and Analysis Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Currents; Dispersal; Recruitment; Sand; SAV; Sediment; Seedlings; Seeds; Waves

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; CURRENT; GERMINATION; GRAIN SIZE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; WATER FLOW; WATER WAVE; WAVE HEIGHT;

COTYLEDON (GENUS); MAGNOLIOPHYTA; POTAMOGETON PERFOLIATUS; RUPPIA MARITIMA; STUCKENIA PECTINATA;

EID: 77955152857     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2010.00698.x     Document Type: Article

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