Unexpected response of the seagrass Posidonia oceanica to a warm-water episode in the North Western Mediterranean Sea

Comptes Rendus - Biologies

Volumn 328, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 291-296

  Mayot, Nicolas ^a   Boudouresque, Charles François ^a   Leriche, Agathe ^a  

^a UMR 6540 CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Lepidochronolog; Mediterranean Sea; Posidonia oceanica; Seagrass; Temperature

Indexed keywords

HOT WATER;

MASS MORTALITY; POPULATION DECLINE; SEAGRASS; WARMING; WATER TEMPERATURE; ZOOBENTHOS;

ARTICLE; BENTHIC FAUNA; CHRONOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INVERTEBRATE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT LEAF; POSIDONIA OCEANICA; RHIZOME; SEAGRASS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUMMER; TIME;

ALISMATIDAE; HEAT; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SEAWATER;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (NORTHWEST); OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

HALOPHILA; INVERTEBRATA; POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 14844322133     PISSN: 16310691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crvi.2005.01.005     Document Type: Article

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