Persisting intertidal seagrass beds in the northern Wadden Sea since the 1930s

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 82, Issue , 2013, Pages 134-141

  Dolch, Tobias ^a   Buschbaum, Christian ^a   Reise, Karsten ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aerial photographs; Eutrophication; Intertidal seagrass beds; Long term development; Sediment dynamics; Water Framework Directive

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; BARRIER ISLAND; EUTROPHICATION; GIS; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; MAPPING; MARINE SEDIMENT; OPEN OCEAN; PERSISTENCE; SEAGRASS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; WADDEN SEA;

ZOSTERA;

EID: 84882567931     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seares.2012.04.007     Document Type: Article

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