The movement ecology of seagrasses

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 281, Issue 1795, 2014, Pages

  McMahon, Kathryn ^a   van Dijk, Kor Jent ^b   Ruiz Montoya, Leonardo ^c   Kendrick, Gary A ^c   Krauss, Siegfried L ^c,d   Waycott, Michelle ^b   Verduin, Jennifer ^e   Lowe, Ryan ^c   Statton, John ^c   Brown, Eloise ^c   Duarte, Carlos ^c,f  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d KINGS PARK AND BOTANIC GARDEN   (Australia)

^e MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Clonal; Dispersal; Marine; Pollen; Seed

Indexed keywords

CLONAL GROWTH; DISPERSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MOVEMENT; POLLEN; PROPAGULE; SEAGRASS;

EID: 85006241142     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.0878     Document Type: Review

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