Meso-fauna foraging on seagrass pollen may serve in marine zoophilous pollination

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 469, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-6

  Van Tussenbroek, Brigitta I ^a   Monroy Velazquez, L Veronica ^a   Solis Weiss, Vivianne ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Crustacea; Meso grazer; Polychaeta; Seagrass

Indexed keywords

ANNELID; CRUSTACEAN; FLOWER VISITING; GRAZING; MUCILAGE; NEW RECORD; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLEN; REEF; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEAGRASS; VIDEOGRAPHY; ZOOPHILY;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; PUERTO MORELOS; YUCATAN;

ANNELIDA; CRUSTACEA; INVERTEBRATA; MALACOSTRACA; MAXILLOPODA; OSTRACODA; POLYCHAETA; THALASSIA TESTUDINUM;

EID: 84870168665     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10072     Document Type: Article

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