Colonisation process of vegetative fragments of Posidonia oceanica (L.) Delile on rubble mounds

Marine Biology

Volumn 147, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1261-1270

  Di Carlo, G ^a   Badalamenti, F ^b   Jensen, A C ^a   Koch, E W ^c   Riggio, S ^d  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; DISPERSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; SEAGRASS; WETLAND;

CAPO FETO; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TRAPANI; WORLD;

HALOPHILA; POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 26444514143     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-005-0035-0     Document Type: Article

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