Causes of seasonal and decadal variability in a tropical seagrass seascape (Reunion Island, south western Indian Ocean)

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 184, Issue , 2017, Pages 90-101

  Cuvillier, A ^a   Villeneuve, N ^b   Cordier, E ^a   Kolasinski, J ^a   Maurel, L ^a   Farnier, N ^a   Frouin, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Aerial photographs; Seagrass; Seascape ecology; Swell; Syringodium isoetifolium

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; DECADAL VARIATION; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRINGING REEF; SEAGRASS MEADOW; SEASONAL VARIATION; SWELL; TROPICAL REGION;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (WEST); MASCARENE ISLANDS; REUNION;

SYRINGODIUM ISOETIFOLIUM;

EID: 84994851711     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2016.10.046     Document Type: Article

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