Patterns of seagrass (Posidonia oceanica) flowering in the Western Mediterranean

Marine Biology

Volumn 148, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 723-742

  Diaz Almela, Elena ^a   Marbà, Nuria ^a   Álvarez, Elvira ^b   Balestri, Elena ^c   Ruiz Fernández, Juan M ^d   Duarte, Carlos M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b Direcció General de Pesca Palma de Mallorca ^*  (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^d Instituto Español de Oceanografía   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOWERING; SEAGRASS; SEAGRASS MEADOW; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

HALOPHILA; POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 31844449484     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-005-0127-x     Document Type: Article

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