Thermal tolerance of two seagrass species at contrasting light levels: Implications for future distribution in the Great Barrier Reef

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2200-2210

  Collier, Catherine J ^a   Uthicke, Sven ^b   Waycott, Michelle ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARRIER REEF; BIOMASS; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FUTURE PROSPECT; GROWTH RATE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; LIGHT EFFECT; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RESPIRATION; SEAGRASS; SEAWATER; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE; WATER TEMPERATURE;

AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

HALODULE UNINERVIS; ZOSTERA MUELLERI;

EID: 84857768622     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2011.56.6.2200     Document Type: Article

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