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ArticlePeerJ2016

Salinity and temperature significantly influence seed germination, seedling establishment, and seedling growth of eelgrass

Shaochun Xu, Yi Zhou, Pengmei Wang, Feng Wang, Xiaomei Zhang, Ruiting Gu

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Article in PeerJ, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Shaochun XuKey Laboratory of Marine Ecology & Environmental sciences, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China; Department of Bioscience, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Yi ZhouKey Laboratory of Marine Ecology & Environmental sciences, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China; Laboratory for Marine Ecology and Environmental Science, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China.
Pengmei WangKey Laboratory of Marine Ecology & Environmental sciences, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China; Department of Bioscience, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Feng WangKey Laboratory of Marine Ecology & Environmental sciences, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China; Department of Bioscience, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Xiaomei ZhangKey Laboratory of Marine Ecology & Environmental sciences, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China; Department of Bioscience, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Ruiting GuKey Laboratory of Marine Ecology & Environmental sciences, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China; Department of Bioscience, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Globally, seagrass beds have been recognized as critical yet declining coastal habitats. To mitigate seagrass losses, seagrass restorations have been conducted in worldwide over the past two decades. Seed utilization is considered to be an important approach in seagrass restoration efforts. In this study, we investigated the effects of salinity and temperature on seed germination, seedling establishment, and seedling growth of eelgrass

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SalinitySeagrassSeed germinationSeedling establishmentSeedling growthTemperatureZostera marina L.

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PMID27896031
PMCPMC5119234

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