Fauna vs flora contribution to the leaf epiphytes biomass in a Posidonia oceanica seagrass bed (Revellata Bay, Corsica)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 394, Issue , 1999, Pages 63-67

  Lepoint, Gilles ^a   Havelange, Stéphane ^a   Gobert, Sylvie ^a   Bouquegneau, Jean Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biomass; Epiphytes; Mediterranean; Posidonia oceanica; Seagrass

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; EPIPHYTE; SEAGRASS MEADOW;

FRANCE;

POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 0032773533     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003557303904     Document Type: Article

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