Correction: Seagrass ecosystem services and their variability across genera and geographical regions (PLoS ONE (2016) 11:10 (e0163091) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0163091);Seagrass ecosystem services and their variability across genera and geographical regions

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2016, Pages

  Mtwana Nordlund, Lina ^a   Koch, Evamaria W ^b   Barbier, Edward B ^c   Creed, Joel C ^d  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM; GENUS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; POSIDONIA; SEAGRASS; SPECIES; ALISMATALES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISHERY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HYDROCHARITACEAE; ZOSTERACEAE;

ALISMATIDAE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FISHERIES; HUMANS; HYDROCHARITACEAE; ZOSTERACEAE;

EID: 84991253070     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0169942     Document Type: Erratum

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