Growth and population dynamics of Posidonia oceanica on the Spanish Mediterranean Coast: Elucidating seagrass decline

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 137, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 203-213

  Marbà, Núria ^a,e   Duarte, Carlos M ^a   Cebrian, Just ^a   Gallegos, Margarita E ^b   Olesen, Birgit ^c   Sand Jensen, Kaj ^d  

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

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA METROPOLITANA   (Mexico)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Leaf growth; Posidonia oceanica; Rhizome growth; Seagrass decline; Shoot demography

Indexed keywords

POSIDONIA OCEANICA; POSIDONIACEAE;

DECLINE; GROWTH; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEAGRASS; SEAGRASS MEADOWS;

SPAIN, MEDITERRANEAN COAST;

EID: 0029669630     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps137203     Document Type: Article

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