Recovery of the eelgrass Zostera marina following intense Manila clam Ruditapes philippinarum harvesting disturbance in China: The role and fate of seedlings

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 130, Issue , 2016, Pages 27-36

  Qin, Le Zheng ^a,b   Li, Wen Tao ^a   Zhang, Xiumei ^a   Zhang, Peidong ^a   Qiao, Wenming ^c  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^c SHANDONG JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Clam harvesting; Disturbance; Life history; Recovery; Seedling; Zostera marina

Indexed keywords

BIVALVIA; VENERUPIS (RUDITAPES) PHILIPPINARUM; ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 84955078715     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2016.01.002     Document Type: Article

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