Herbivory on the seagrass Cymodocea nodosa (Ucria) ascherson in contrasting Spanish Mediterranean habitats

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 204, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 103-111

  Cebrián, Just ^a   Duarte, Carlos M ^a   Marbà, Núria ^b  

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

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cymodocea nodosa; Herbivory; Seagrass; Sheltered bays; Spanish Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; FOOD INTAKE; GRASS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT LEAF; SPAIN; SPECIES;

CYMODOCEA NODOSA; CYMODOCEACEAE;

EXPOSED COAST; HABITAT; HERBIVORES; HERBIVORY; LEAF LOSS; SEAGRASS; SHELTERED BAY; SHELTERED BAYS;

SPAIN, MEDITERRANEAN COAST;

EID: 0030601504     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-0981(96)02574-9     Document Type: Article

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