Seagrass landscape-scale changes in response to disturbance created by the dynamics of barrier-islands: A case study from Ria Formosa (Southern Portugal)

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 636-644

  Cunha, A H ^a   Santos, R P ^a   Gaspar, A P ^a   Bairros, M F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Coastal lagoon; Inlet relocation; Landscape; Ria Formosa; Seagrass; Zostera noltii

Indexed keywords

BARRIER ISLAND; SEAGRASS MEADOW;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FARO [PORTUGAL]; PORTUGAL; RIA FORMOSA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

HALOPHILA; ZOSTERA NOLTII;

EID: 23744478660     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2005.03.018     Document Type: Article

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