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A Three-Stage Symbiosis Forms the Foundation of Seagrass Ecosystems
- Tjisse van der Heide1,*,
- Laura L. Govers2,
- Jimmy de Fouw3,
- Han Olff1,
- Matthijs van der Geest3,
- Marieke M. van Katwijk2,
- Theunis Piersma3,4,
- Johan van de Koppel5,
- Brian R. Silliman6,
- Alfons J. P. Smolders7,
- Jan A. van Gils3
- 1Community and Conservation Ecology Group, Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Studies (CEES), University of Groningen, Post Office Box 11103, 9700 CC Groningen, Netherlands.
- 2Department of Environmental Science, Institute for Water and Wetland Research, Radboud University Nijmegen, Faculty of Science, Heyendaalseweg 135, 6525 AJ Nijmegen, Netherlands.
- 3Department of Marine Ecology, NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Post Office Box 59, 1790 AB Den Burg, Texel, Netherlands.
- 4Animal Ecology Group, CEES, University of Groningen, Post Office Box 11103, 9700 CC Groningen, Netherlands.
- 5Centre for Estuarine and Marine Ecology, NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Post Office Box 140, 4400 AC Yerseke, Netherlands.
- 6Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.
- 7Department of Aquatic Ecology and Environmental Biology, Institute for Water and Wetland Research, Radboud University Nijmegen, Faculty of Science, Heyendaalseweg 135, 6525 AJ Nijmegen, Netherlands.
- ↵*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: t.van.der.heide{at}rug.nl
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Science 15 Jun 2012:
Vol. 336, Issue 6087, pp. 1432-1434
DOI: 10.1126/science.1219973
Vol. 336, Issue 6087, pp. 1432-1434
DOI: 10.1126/science.1219973
Tjisse van der Heide
Community and Conservation Ecology Group, Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Studies (CEES), University of Groningen, Post Office Box 11103, 9700 CC Groningen, Netherlands.
Laura L. Govers
Department of Environmental Science, Institute for Water and Wetland Research, Radboud University Nijmegen, Faculty of Science, Heyendaalseweg 135, 6525 AJ Nijmegen, Netherlands.
Jimmy de Fouw
Department of Marine Ecology, NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Post Office Box 59, 1790 AB Den Burg, Texel, Netherlands.
Han Olff
Community and Conservation Ecology Group, Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Studies (CEES), University of Groningen, Post Office Box 11103, 9700 CC Groningen, Netherlands.
Matthijs van der Geest
Department of Marine Ecology, NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Post Office Box 59, 1790 AB Den Burg, Texel, Netherlands.
Marieke M. van Katwijk
Department of Environmental Science, Institute for Water and Wetland Research, Radboud University Nijmegen, Faculty of Science, Heyendaalseweg 135, 6525 AJ Nijmegen, Netherlands.
Theunis Piersma
Department of Marine Ecology, NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Post Office Box 59, 1790 AB Den Burg, Texel, Netherlands.Animal Ecology Group, CEES, University of Groningen, Post Office Box 11103, 9700 CC Groningen, Netherlands.
Johan van de Koppel
Centre for Estuarine and Marine Ecology, NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Post Office Box 140, 4400 AC Yerseke, Netherlands.
Brian R. Silliman
Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.
Alfons J. P. Smolders
Department of Aquatic Ecology and Environmental Biology, Institute for Water and Wetland Research, Radboud University Nijmegen, Faculty of Science, Heyendaalseweg 135, 6525 AJ Nijmegen, Netherlands.
Jan A. van Gils
Department of Marine Ecology, NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Post Office Box 59, 1790 AB Den Burg, Texel, Netherlands.
