Short-term response of the slow growing seagrass Posidonia oceanica to simulated anchor impact

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 341-349

  Ceccherelli, Giulia ^a   Campo, Davide ^b   Milazzo, Marco ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b ICRAM STS di Palermo   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anchoring; Clonal integration; Disturbance; Posidonia oceanica; Seagrass

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CLONING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; SAILING VESSELS;

CLONAL INTEGRATION; POSIDONIA OCEANICA; SEAGRASS;

MARINE ENGINEERING;

ANCHOR; BIOMASS; DAMAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GROWTH MODELING; GROWTH RESPONSE; PHENOLOGY; SEAGRASS; SHOOT;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PLANT DAMAGE; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT LEAF; PLANT RESPONSE; POSIDONIA OCEANICA; SEAGRASS; SHIP; SHOOT; SIMULATION; WEIGHT;

ALISMATIDAE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SHIPS; TIME FACTORS;

POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 33847160268     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2006.10.004     Document Type: Article

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