Anchoring damage on Posidonia oceanica meadow cover: A case study in Prelo cove (Ligurian Sea, NW Mediterranean)

Chemistry and Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages

  Montefalcone, M ^a   Lasagna, R ^a   Bianchi, C N ^a   Morri, C ^a   Albertelli, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anchoring; Cartography; Conservation Index; Ligurian Sea; Mediterranean Sea; Posidonia oceanica

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATER; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MEADOW;

POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 33748292819     PISSN: 02757540     EISSN: 10290370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02757540600571976     Document Type: Article

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