Shoot age as a confounding factor on detecting the effect of human-induced disturbance on Posidonia oceanica growth performance

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 343, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 166-175

  Tomasello, Agostino ^a   Calvo, Sebastiano ^a   Di Maida, Germana ^a   Lovison, Gianfranco ^b   Pirrotta, Maria ^a   Sciandra, Mariangela ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b Dip di Scienze Statistiche e Matematiche   (Italy)

Author keywords

Confounding; Lepidochronology; Linear Mixed Models; Posidonia oceanica; Shoot age

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GROWTH RESPONSE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RHIZOME; ROOTING; SEAGRASS; SHOOT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 33947127589     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2006.11.017     Document Type: Article

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