Going with the flow: Facilitating seagrass rehabilitation

Ecological Management and Restoration

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 167-176

  Seddon, Stephanie ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HABITAT RESTORATION; RECRUITMENT; SEAGRASS; SEEDLING; TRANSPLANTATION;

HALOPHILA;

EID: 9644295625     PISSN: 14427001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-8903.2004.00205.x     Document Type: Review

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