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Aquatic Botany

Volume 52, Issue 4, February 1996, Pages 313-318
Aquatic Botany

Short communication
Sexual reproduction of Zostera noltii Hornemann in the lagoon of Venice (Italy, north Adriatic)

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Abstract

Flowering of Zostera noltii Hornemann in Venice lagoon (Italy, north Adriatic) has been observed in 1993 and 1994, from May to October. Measurements at three stations at different depth included vegetative and generative shoot density, number of spathes per generative shoot, length of spathes, numbers of male and female flowers and seed size.

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