Resilience of Zostera noltii to burial or erosion disturbances

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 449, Issue , 2012, Pages 133-143

  Han, Qiuying ^a,b   Bouma, Tjeerd J ^b   Brun, Fernando G ^c   Suykerbuyk, Wouter ^b,d   Van Katwijk, Marieke M ^d  

^a YANTAI INSTITUTE OF COASTAL ZONE RESEARCH   (China)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Burial; Disturbances; Erosion; Recovery; Resilience; Rhizome growth; Zostera noltii Seagrass

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; AQUATIC PLANT; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; EROSION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT RESTORATION; HABITAT TYPE; MEADOW; MESOCOSM; PERENNIAL PLANT; POPULATION DECLINE; PROPAGULE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RHIZOME; SEAGRASS; SURVIVAL;

ZOSTERA NOLTII;

EID: 84858143334     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09532     Document Type: Article

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