Recovery of deep Posidonia oceanica meadows degraded by trawling

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 320, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 65-76

  González Correa, José M ^a   Bayle, Just T ^a   Sánchez Lizaso, José L ^a   Valle, Carlos ^a   Sánchez Jerez, Pablo ^a   Ruiz, Juan M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b Instituto Español de Oceanografía   (Spain)

Author keywords

Artificial reefs; Mediterranean Sea; Otter trawling impact; Population dynamics; Posidonia oceanica; Recovery; Vegetative growth

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEAGRASS MEADOW; TRAWLING;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

CARNIVORA; HALOPHILA; POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 19544377319     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2004.12.032     Document Type: Article

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