Annual versus perennial growth cycle in Ruppia maritima L.: Temporal variation in population characteristics in Mediterranean lagoons (Monolimni and Drana Lagoons, Northern Aegean Sea)

Botanica Marina

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 357-366

  Malea, Paraskevi ^a   Kevrekidis, Theodoros ^b   Mogias, Athanassios ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Abundance; Morphological characteristics; Permanent lagoon; Ruppia maritima; Temporary lagoon

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL PLANT; COASTAL LAGOON; GROWTH; PERENNIAL PLANT; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AEGEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

RUPPIA; RUPPIA MARITIMA;

EID: 9944233594     PISSN: 00068055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BOT.2004.052     Document Type: Article

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