Seed burial in eelgrass Zostera marina: The role of infauna

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 474, Issue , 2013, Pages 135-145

  Blackburn, Natalia J ^a   Orth, Robert J ^a  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioturbation; Chesapeake bay; Mesocosm; Polychaete; Seagrass

Indexed keywords

BIOTURBATION; BURIAL (GEOLOGY); GERMINATION; GRASS; MESOCOSM; MOVEMENT; POLYCHAETE; SEED; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84874093398     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps10103     Document Type: Article

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