Seagrass meadows

Current Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2017, Pages R443-R445

  Unsworth, Richard K F ^a,b   Cullen Unsworth, Leanne C ^a,b  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALISMATALES; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEA; WATER QUALITY;

ALISMATIDAE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; OCEANS AND SEAS; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 85020161030     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.01.021     Document Type: Short Survey

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