Epiphytes of seagrasses

Seagrasses: Biology, Ecology and Conservation

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 441-461

  Borowitzka, Michael A ^a   Lavery, Paul S ^b   Van Keulen, Michael ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-2983-7_19     Document Type: Chapter

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