Extinction risk assessment of the world's seagrass species

Biological Conservation

Volumn 144, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1961-1971

  Short, Frederick T ^a   Polidoro, Beth ^b   Livingstone, Suzanne R ^b   Carpenter, Kent E ^b   Bandeira, Salomão ^c   Bujang, Japar Sidik ^d   Calumpong, Hilconida P ^e   Carruthers, Tim J B ^f   Coles, Robert G ^g   Dennison, William C ^f   Erftemeijer, Paul L A ^h   Fortes, Miguel D ⁱ   Freeman, Aaren S ^a   Jagtap, T G ^j   Kamal, Abu Hena M ^k   Kendrick, Gary A ^l   Judson Kenworthy, W ^m   La Nafie, Yayu A ⁿ   Nasution, Ichwan M ^o   Orth, Robert J ^p   Prathep, Anchana ^q   Sanciangco, Jonnell C ^b   Tussenbroek, Brigitta van ^r   Vergara, Sheila G ^s   Waycott, Michelle ^t   Zieman, Joseph C ^u   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

^d UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^e SILLIMAN UNIVERSITY   (Philippines)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^g Northern Fisheries Centre   (Australia)

^h WL DELFT HYDRAULICS   (Netherlands)

ⁱ University of the Philippines Diliman   (Philippines)

^j NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CHITTAGONG   (Bangladesh)

^l UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^m NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁿ HASANUDDIN UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^o Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries   (Indonesia)

^p VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^q PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^r UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^s UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES LOS BAÑOS   (Philippines)

^t JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^u UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Endangered; Extinction; Red list; Seagrass; Threatened

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COASTAL ZONE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION; FLOWERING; FOOD WEB; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT TYPE; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RED LIST; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAGRASS;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 79956097080     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2011.04.010     Document Type: Article

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