Biomass-density relationships of the seagrass Zostera noltii: A tool for monitoring anthropogenic nutrient disturbance

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 557-564

  Cabaço, Susana ^a   Machás, Raquel ^a   Santos, Rui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

biomass density relationship; disturbance; nutrients; population structure; seagrass; wastewater; Zostera noltii

Indexed keywords

BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOMASS; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEAGRASS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TOXICITY;

ARADE ESTUARY; EURASIA; EUROPE; FARO [PORTUGAL]; PORTUGAL; RIA FORMOSA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TAVIRA;

ZOSTERA NOLTII;

EID: 34547503530     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.05.029     Document Type: Article

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