The role of hydrodynamics on seed dispersal in seagrasses

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1257-1265

  Ruiz Montoya, L ^a   Lowe, R J ^a   Van Niel, K P ^a   Kendrick, G A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; DISPERSAL; GROWTH RATE; HYDRODYNAMICS; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MOVEMENT; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; RESUSPENSION; SEAGRASS; SEAWATER; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED DORMANCY; SETTLING VELOCITY; SHEAR STRESS; VIABILITY;

AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84865007052     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2012.57.5.1257     Document Type: Article

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