A new synthetic index and a protocol for monitoring the status of Posidonia oceanica meadows: A case study at Sanremo (Ligurian Sea, NW Mediterranean)

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 29-42

  Montefalcone, Monica ^a   Albertelli, Giancarlo ^a   Bianchi, Carlo Nike ^a   Mariani, Mauro ^b   Morri, Carla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b Acquario Civico e Stazione Idrobiologica di Milano   (Italy)

Author keywords

Benthic cartography; Cymodocea nodosa; Environmental indices; Ligurian Sea; Mediterranean Sea; Phase shift; Posidonia oceanica; Substitution Index

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION STATUS; INDEX METHOD; MAPPING; MONITORING; SEAGRASS MEADOW; TRANSECT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IMPERIA; ITALY; LIGURIA; LIGURIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SAN REMO; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

CYMODOCEA NODOSA; HALOPHILA; POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 31644433980     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.688     Document Type: Article

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