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Titre :	Seasonal variation in short-term survival of Zostera noltii transplants in a declining meadow in Portugal (2005)
Auteurs :	Irene Martins, Auteur ; João M. Neto, Auteur ; G. Fontes, Auteur ; João Marques, Auteur ; Miguel Pardal, Auteur
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	Aquatic Botany (82 June 1, 2005)
Article en page(s) :	132-142
Résumé :	In one decade (from 1986 to 1997), the area occupied by Zostera noltii in the Mondego estuary (western coast of Portugal) decreased from 150,000 to 200m2. Our purpose was to identify the most suitable season for transplantation of Z. noltii, as one of the methodologies included in a broader restoration plan of the local Z. noltii meadows. Each month a short-term transplantation experiment (20 days) was undertaken, where the net growth rate of transplants, the number of lost shoots and the number of surviving shoots was estimated. Transplant loss variation was markedly seasonal (ANOVA, F1,12=13.11, p

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