Changing eelgrass (Zostera marina L.) characteristics in a highly eutrophic temperate coastal lagoon

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 104, Issue , 2013, Pages 70-79

  Fertig, Benjamin ^a   Kennish, Michael J ^a   Sakowicz, Gregg P ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Rutgers University Marine Field Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Barnegat Bay Little Egg Harbor Estuary; Biotic indicators; Eutrophication; Plant characteristics; Seagrass decline; Zostera marina

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; BIOMASS; COASTAL LAGOON; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; EUTROPHICATION; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; POPULATION DECLINE; SEAGRASS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

NEW JERSEY; UNITED STATES;

ZOSTERA; ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 84870302038     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2012.09.004     Document Type: Article

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