Occurrence and distribution of seagrasses in waters of Perhentian island archipelago, Malaysia

Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 441-451

  Muta Harah, Z ^a   Japar Sidik, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CROP SCIENCE   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Description; Diversity; Ecology; Malaysia; Occurrence; Perhentian islands; Seagrass

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; MORPHOLOGY; SEAGRASS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES INVENTORY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; WAVE ACTION;

MALAYSIA; PERHENTIAN ISLANDS; TERENGGANU; WEST MALAYSIA;

ANIMALIA; ENHALUS ACOROIDES; HALODULE PINIFOLIA; HALOPHILA DECIPIENS;

EID: 84873628659     PISSN: 18164927     EISSN: 19960751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jfas.2013.441.451     Document Type: Article

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