Spatial variability of Posidonia oceanica (L.) Delile epiphytes around the mainland and the islands of Sicily (Mediterranean Sea)

Marine Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 397-403

  Pardi, Giuseppina ^a   Piazzi, Luigi ^a   Balata, David ^a   Papi, Ilaria ^a   Cinelli, Francesco ^a   Benedetti Cecchi, Lisandro ^a  

^a Dipartimento di Ingegneria   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epiphytes; Mediterranean Sea; Posidonia oceanica; Sicily; Small islands; Spatial variability

Indexed keywords

ALGA; BRYOZOAN; EPIPHYTE; LEAF; MEADOW; SEAGRASS; SPATIAL VARIATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ALGAE; BRYOZOA; FORAMINIFERA; HYDROZOA; PHAEOPHYCEAE; POSIDONIA OCEANICA; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 33751517662     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: 14390485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2006.00099.x     Document Type: Article

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