Species composition and spatial variability patterns of morphological forms in macroalgal epiphytic assemblages of the seagrass Posidonia oceanica

Vie et Milieu

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 171-179

  Piazzi, L ^a   de Biasi, A M ^b   Balata, D ^a   Pardi, G ^b   Boddi, S ^c   Acunto, S ^a   Pertusati, M ^a   Papi, I ^a   Cinelli, F ^a   Sartoni, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b Centro Interuniversitario Di Biologia Marina Ed Ecologia Applicata   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epiphytes; Macroalgae; Mediterranean Sea; Posidonia oceanica

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DOMINANCE; EPIPHYTE; MACROALGA; MORPHOLOGY; PATCH DYNAMICS; SEAGRASS; SPATIAL VARIATION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ALGAE; BRYOPSIS; CHLOROPHYTA; POSIDONIA OCEANICA; RHODOPHYTA; SPERMOTHAMNION; STRAMENOCHROMA;

EID: 37749023712     PISSN: 02408759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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