Sea bottom characteristics affect depth limits of eelgrass Zostera marina

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 425, Issue , 2011, Pages 91-102

  Krause Jensen, D ^a   Carstensen, J ^b   Nielsen, S L ^c   Dalsgaard, T ^a   Christensen, P B ^a   Fossing, H ^a   Rasmussen, M B ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^c ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Depth limit; Eelgrass; Eutrophication; Light attenuation; Sediments; Thresholds

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATER; DATA SET; EUTROPHICATION; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIGHT ATTENUATION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; OXYGEN; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POROSITY; SEAGRASS; THRESHOLD; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER COLUMN; WATER CONTENT;

DENMARK;

ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 79952682082     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09026     Document Type: Article

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