Identifying knowledge gaps in seagrass research and management: An Australian perspective

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 127, Issue , 2017, Pages 163-172

  York, Paul H ^a   Smith, Timothy M ^b   Coles, Rob G ^a   McKenna, Skye A ^a   Connolly, Rod M ^c   Irving, Andrew D ^d   Jackson, Emma L ^d   McMahon, Kathryn ^e   Runcie, John W ^f   Sherman, Craig D H ^b   Sullivan, Brooke K ^g   Trevathan Tackett, Stacy M ^h   Brodersen, Kasper E ^h   Carter, Alex B ^a   Ewers, Carolyn J ^b   Lavery, Paul S ^e   Roelfsema, Chris M ⁱ   Sinclair, Elizabeth A ^j   Strydom, Simone ^e   Tanner, Jason E ^k,l   van Dijk, Kor jent ^l   Warry, Fiona Y ^m   Waycott, Michelle ^l   Whitehead, Sam ⁿ   more..

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^j UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^k SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^l UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^m MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

ⁿ Derwent Estuary Program   (Australia)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; COASTAL WATERS; FEMALE; HABITAT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION BIOLOGY; REHABILITATION; REMOTE SENSING; RESEARCH PRIORITY; SEAGRASS; SEDIMENT; SPECIES; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VICTORIA; ALISMATALES; AUSTRALIA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PROCEDURES;

ALISMATIDAE; AUSTRALIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING;

EID: 84984814557     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: 18790291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2016.06.006     Document Type: Article

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