Modeling loss and recovery of Zostera marina beds in the Chesapeake Bay: The role of seedlings and seed-bank viability

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 113, Issue , 2014, Pages 32-45

  Jarvis, Jessie C ^a,b   Brush, Mark J ^a   Moore, Kenneth A ^a  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ecological model; Seed; Sexual reproduction; Zostera marina

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GROWTH MODELING; LIGHT EFFECT; SEAGRASS; SEED BANK; SEEDLING; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; WATER TEMPERATURE;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA; YORK RIVER;

ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 84889587405     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2013.10.010     Document Type: Article

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