The influence of herbivores on Posidonia oceanica epiphytes

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 93-104

  Alcoverro, Teresa ^a   Duarte, Carlos M ^b   Romero, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

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

Author keywords

Algae; Nutrients; Paracentrotus lividus; Sarpa salpa; Seagrass

Indexed keywords

ALGA; AQUATIC FLORA; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLANT GROWTH; SEA; SEASONAL VARIATION;

POSIDONIA OCEANICA; POSIDONIA; POSIDONIACEAE;

BIOMASS; EPIPHYTE; EPIPHYTES; HERBIVORES; HERBIVORY; SEAGRASS; SEASONAL PATTERN; SEASONALITY;

SPAIN, MEDITERRANEAN COAST;

EID: 0030618836     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3770(96)01098-4     Document Type: Article

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