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ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Effects of copper enrichment on survival, growth and photosynthetic pigment of seedlings and young plants of the eelgrass Zostera marina

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Pages 695-705 | Received 12 Feb 2016, Accepted 21 Apr 2016, Published online: 18 Jul 2016

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