Herbivory on Posidonia oceanica: Magnitude and variability in the Spanish Mediterranean

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 130, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 147-155

  Cebrián, Just ^a   Duarte, Carlos M ^a   Marbà, Nùria ^a   Enríquez, Susana ^b   Gallegos, Margarita ^c   Olesen, Birgit ^d  

^a CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA METROPOLITANA   (Mexico)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Boops salpa; Herbivory; Posidonia oceanica; Spanish Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

POSIDONIA OCEANICA; BOOPS SALPA;

CONSUMPTION RATE; HERBIVORES; HERBIVORY; SEAGRASS; SEAGRASS COMMUNITIES; VARIABILITY;

SPAIN, MEDITERRANEAN COAST;

EID: 0029669042     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps130147     Document Type: Article

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