Reproduction of the eelgrass Zostera marina at the species southern distributional limit in the Eastern Atlantic

Marine Ecology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 300-308

  Cabaço, Susana ^a   Santos, Rui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Germination; Reproduction; Ria Formosa; Seedlings; Seeds; Zostera marina

Indexed keywords

GERMINATION; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEAGRASS; SEED PRODUCTION; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (EAST); FARO [PORTUGAL]; PORTUGAL; RIA FORMOSA;

ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 78649475632     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: 14390485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2009.00331.x     Document Type: Article

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