Vulnerability of Zostera marina seedlings to physical stress

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 418, Issue , 2010, Pages 119-130

  Valdemarsen, T ^a   Canal Verges, P ^a   Kristensen, E ^a   Holmer, M ^a   Kristiansen, M D ^a   Flindt, M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Arenicola marina; Bedload transport; Eelgrass; Fucus sp.; Macroalgal drift; Resuspension; Reworking; Sediment

Indexed keywords

BEDLOAD; DISPERSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EUTROPHICATION; FJORD; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MACROALGA; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; POPULATION DECLINE; RECOLONIZATION; RESUSPENSION; REWORKING; SEAGRASS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SURVIVAL; VULNERABILITY; WATER QUALITY;

DENMARK; FYN; ODENSE FJORD; SYDDANMARK;

ALGAE; ARENICOLA MARINA; FUCUS; ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 78649587858     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08828     Document Type: Article

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