The central role of grazing in seagrass ecology

Seagrasses: Biology, Ecology and Conservation

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 463-501

  Valentine, John F ^a   Duffy, J Emmett ^b  

^a DAUPHIN ISLAND SEA LAB   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

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