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Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 103892, 15 pages
doi:10.5402/2012/103892
Review Article

Highlights in Seagrasses’ Phylogeny, Physiology, and Metabolism: What Makes Them Special?

Jutta Papenbrock

Institute of Botany, Leibniz University Hannover, Herrenhäuser Straße 2, 30419 Hannover, Germany

Received 1 October 2012; Accepted 20 November 2012

Academic Editors: M. Kwaaitaal and I. Zarra

Copyright © 2012 Jutta Papenbrock. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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