Short-term effects of nutrient enrichment of the sediment and interactions between the seagrass Cymodocea nodosa and the introduced green alga Caulerpa taxifolia in a Mediterranean bay

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 217, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 165-177

  Ceccherelli, Giulia ^a   Cinelli, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Caulerpa taxifolia; Cymodocea nodosa; Nutrient enrichment bioassay; Porewater nutrients; Seagrasses; Species interaction

Indexed keywords

GREEN ALGAE; INTERSPECIFIC RELATIONSHIPS; INTRODUCED ALGAE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; POREWATER NUTRIENTS; SEAGRASS; SEDIMENT;

ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; GREEN ALGA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; SEDIMENT; SPECIES;

ITALY, TUSCANY, ELBA;

CAULERPA TAXIFOLIA; CYMODOCEA NODOSA; CYMODOCEACEAE;

EID: 0030716368     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(97)00050-6     Document Type: Article

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