Addy revisited: What has changed with seagrass restoration in 64 years?

Ecological Restoration

Volumn 29, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 73-81

  Fonseca, Mark S ^a  

^a NOAA Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research   (United States)

Author keywords

History; Methods; Restoration success; Seagrass

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954529395     PISSN: 15434060     EISSN: 15434079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/er.29.1-2.73     Document Type: Article

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