Seagrass regression caused by fish cultures in Fornells Bay (Menorca, Western Mediterranean)

Oceanologica Acta

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 557-563

  Delgado, Olga ^a   Grau, Antoni ^b   Pou, Sebastià ^b   Riera, Francesc ^b   Massuti, Catalina ^c   Zabala, Mikel ^d   Ballesteros, Enric ^a  

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

^b Direcció General de Pesca i Cultius Marins ^*  (Spain)

^c Departament de Medi Ambient   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYMODOCEA NODOSA; HALOPHILA; POSIDONIA OCEANICA; SPARUS AURATA; CYMODOCEACEAE; POSIDONIACEAE; SPARUS AURATUS;

AQUACULTURE; ECOSYSTEM DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MARICULTURE; REGRESSION; SEAGRASS; SEAGRASS MEADOWS;

SPAIN, BALEARIC ISLANDS, MENORCA, FORNELLS BAY;

EID: 0030617832     PISSN: 03991784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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