Does coverage matter at mesoscale within a Posidonia oceanica seagrass meadow?

Comptes Rendus - Biologies

Volumn 329, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 733-741

  Leriche, Agathe ^a   Boudouresque, Charles François ^a,b   Gravez, Vincent ^b   Mayot, Nicolas ^a  

^a STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

^b GIS Posidonie   (France)

Author keywords

Coverage; Mediterranean Sea; Mesoscale; Posidonia oceanica

Indexed keywords

ENDOGENOUS GROWTH; SEAGRASS MEADOW; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; OPTICAL DEPTH; PLANT MORPHOLOGY; PLANT PARAMETERS; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; ROCK; SAND; SEAGRASS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALISMATIDAE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PLANT LEAVES;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 33747853838     PISSN: 16310691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crvi.2006.05.001     Document Type: Article

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