Effectiveness of protection of seagrass (Posidonia oceanica) populations in Cabrera National Park (Spain)

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 509-518

  Marbà, Núria ^a   Duarte, Carlos M ^a   Holmer, Marianne ^b   Martínez, Regino ^a   Basterretxea, Gotzon ^a   Orfila, Alejandro ^a   Jordi, Antoni ^a   Tintoré, Joaquín ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Colonization; Demography; Flowering; Growth; Posidonia oceanica; Water residence time

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLONING; GROWTH KINETICS; OCEAN HABITATS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

SEAGRASS SPECIES;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

CONSERVATION; MEADOW; PROTECTED AREA; RECOLONIZATION; SEAGRASS;

ARTICLE; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; FLOWERING; GRASS; NATIONAL PARK; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; SEAGRASS; SHOOT; SPAIN;

SPAIN;

CABRERA; HALOPHILA; POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 0036947838     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S037689290200036X     Document Type: Article

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