Species composition and morphological groups of macroalgal assemblages around Gorgona Island (north-western Mediterranean Sea)

Cryptogamie, Algologie

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 19-38

  Piazzi, Luigi ^a   Balata, David ^a   Cinelli, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gorgona Island; Macroalgal assemblages; Mediterranean Sea; Morphological groups

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FLORISTICS; MACROALGA; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GORGONA; ITALY; LIVORNO [TUSCANY]; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TUSCANY;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; PHAEOPHYCEAE; POSIDONIA; POSIDONIA OCEANICA; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 1942519688     PISSN: 01811568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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