Finding some seagrass optimism in Wales, the case of Zostera noltii

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 134, Issue , 2018, Pages 216-222

  Bertelli, Chiara M ^a   Robinson, Max T ^a   Mendzil, Anouska F ^a   Pratt, Laura R ^b   Unsworth, Richard K F ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abundance; Extent; Historic; Industrial; Long term; Zostera noltii

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC PRESSURES; EXTENT; HISTORIC; INDUSTRIAL; LONG TERM DYNAMICS; LONG-TERM; SEAGRASSES; ZOSTERA; ZOSTERA NOLTII;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ABUNDANCE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; MEADOW; SEAGRASS; SPATIAL VARIATION;

CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEAGRASS; SHOOT; TURBIDITY; WALES; ZOSTERA NOLTII;

MILFORD HAVEN; PEMBROKESHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

ZOSTERA; ZOSTERA NOLTII;

EID: 85028310347     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.08.018     Document Type: Article

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