Single and joint effects of regional- and local-scale variables on tropical seagrass fish assemblages

Marine Biology

Volumn 161, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2395-2405

  Alonso Aller, Elisa ^a   Gullström, Martin ^a   Eveleens Maarse, Floriaan K J ^a   Gren, Michaela ^a   Nordlund, Lina Mtwana ^a,b   Jiddawi, Narriman ^c   Eklöf, Johan S ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b and Environment   (Tanzania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

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EID: 84939888937     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: 14321793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-014-2514-7     Document Type: Article

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