A meta-analysis of seaweed impacts on seagrasses: Generalities and knowledge gaps

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Thomsen, Mads S ^a,b   Wernberg, Thomas ^a,b,c   Engelen, Aschwin H ^d   Tuya, Fernando ^b,e   Vanderklift, Mat A ^f   Holmer, Marianne ^g   McGlathery, Karen J ^h   Arenas, Francisco ⁱ   Kotta, Jonne ^j   Silliman, Brian R ^k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^f CSIRO   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^h UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^j UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^k UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CAULERPA; EUTROPHICATION; HABITAT; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMS BY SIZE; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; REVIEW; SEAGRASS; SEAWEED; TAXONOMY; AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; META ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY;

CAULERPA; INVERTEBRATA; PISCES;

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; ECOSYSTEM; SEAWEED;

EID: 84855605262     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028595     Document Type: Review

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