Knowledge gaps in tropical Southeast Asian seagrass systems

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 118-131

  Ooi, Jillian Lean Sim ^a,b   Kendrick, Gary A ^a   Van Niel, Kimberly P ^a   Affendi, Yang Amri ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Forereef; Malaysia; Pulau Tinggi; Ruderal; Seagrass; Sediment; Southeast Asia; Tropical

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; HERBIVORY; KNOWLEDGE; MEADOW; ORGANIC MATTER; REEF; RUDERAL; SEAGRASS; SEASONALITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TROPICAL REGION; WATER CHEMISTRY;

INDONESIA; LUZON; MALAYSIA; PHILIPPINES; SOUTH SULAWESI; WEST MALAYSIA;

HALODULE UNINERVIS; HALOPHILA OVALIS;

EID: 79952067828     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2010.12.021     Document Type: Article

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