Impact of a marina construction on a seagrass bed at Lanzarote (Canary Islands)

Journal of Coastal Conservation

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 157-162

  Tuya, F ^a   Martin J A ^a   Luque, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic perturbation; Cymodo cea nodosa; Fish community; Ichthyofauna; Seagrass8Vascular plant; Visual census

Indexed keywords

COASTAL DEVELOPMENT; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ICHTHYOFAUNA; MARINA; SEAGRASS MEADOW;

CANARY ISLANDS; LANZAROTE; SPAIN;

CYMODOCEA NODOSA; HALOPHILA; ICHTHYOFAUNA;

EID: 0041903681     PISSN: 14000350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02788953     Document Type: Article

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