Comparing shoot population dynamics methods on Posidonia oceanica meadows

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 353, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 115-125

  González Correa, José Miguel ^a   Fernández Torquemada, Yolanda ^a   Sánchez Lizaso, José Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Mortality rate; Net shoot recruitment rate; Population demography; Posidonia oceanica; Shoot census; Shoot population dynamics

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; MORTALITY; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION MODELING; RECRUITMENT; SEAGRASS; SHOOT GROWTH;

POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 35848935022     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2007.09.008     Document Type: Article

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