Testing alternate ecological approaches to seagrass rehabilitation: Links to life-history traits

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1119-1127

  Irving, Andrew D ^a   Tanner, Jason E ^a   Seddon, Stephanie ^a   Miller, David ^a   Collings, Greg J ^a   Wear, Rachel J ^a   Hoare, Sonja L ^a   Theil, Mandee J ^a  

^a SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amphibolis antarctica; Hessian; Recruitment; Restoration; Seedling; Transplant

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODEGRADATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT RESTORATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEAGRASS; SEAGRASS MEADOW; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SURVIVAL; TRANSPLANTATION;

AMPHIBOLIS ANTARCTICA;

EID: 77956118229     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2010.01852.x     Document Type: Article

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