Biotic dispersal in eelgrass Zostera marina

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 471, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-10

  Sumoski, Sarah E ^a   Orth, Robert J ^a  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Seeds; Vertebrates; Zostera marina

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOTIC FACTOR; EXCRETION; GERMINATION; MEADOW; RETENTION; SEAGRASS; SEED DISPERSAL;

ANATIDAE; AYTHYA AFFINIS; FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS; LAGODON RHOMBOIDES; MALACLEMYS TERRAPIN; SPHOEROIDES MACULATUS; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA; ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 84871769927     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10145     Document Type: Article

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