Seagrass Viviparous Propagules as a Potential Long-Distance Dispersal Mechanism

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 927-940

  Thomson, Alexandra C G ^a   York, Paul H ^b,c,e   Smith, Timothy M ^b   Sherman, Craig D H ^b   Booth, David J ^a   Keough, Michael J ^c   Ross, D Jeff ^d   Macreadie, Peter I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^e JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Propagules; Recruitment; Resilience; Seagrass; Zostera

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929618780     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-014-9850-1     Document Type: Article

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