Seasonal and bathymetric variations of epiphytic macroflora on Posidonia oceanica (L.) Delile leaves in the National Marine Park of Zakynthos (Greece)

Marine Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages 146-153

  Tsirika, Anastasia ^a   Skoufas, Georgios ^b   Haritonidis, Savvas ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b ALEXANDER TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bathymetric variations; Epiphytes; National Marine Park; Posidonia oceanica; Seasonal variations

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; EPIPHYTE; FLORA; GROWTH RATE; LEAF; LEAF AREA INDEX; MACROALGA; MARINE PARK; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; IONIAN ISLANDS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; ZAKYNTHOS [IONIAN ISLANDS];

POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 34548798109     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: 14390485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2007.00170.x     Document Type: Article

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