First evidence of a massive recruitment event in Posidonia oceanica: Spatial variation in first-year seedling abundance on a heterogeneous substrate

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 634-641

  Balestri, E ^a   Lardicci, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Posidonia oceanica; seedling establishment; seedling mortality; spatial distribution; substrate

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; MORTALITY; POPULATION DENSITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEAGRASS; SEEDLING; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUBSTRATE;

CORSE; CORSE DU SUD; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; GULF OF VENTILEGNE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (WEST); WESTERN EUROPE;

POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 37649008762     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.07.048     Document Type: Article

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