Differences in spatial and seasonal patterns of macrophyte assemblages between a coastal lagoon and the open sea

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 291-314

  Perez Ruzafa A ^a   Hegazi, M I ^b   Perez Ruzafa I M ^c   Marcos, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b Suez Canal University   (Egypt)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Coastal lagoons; Environmental impact assessment; Macrophyte assemblages; Mar Menor; Spatio temporal variability

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); SEAWATER;

COASTAL LAGOONS; MACROPHYTE ASSEMBLAGES; SPATIO-TEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

COASTAL LAGOON; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MACROBENTHOS; MACROPHYTE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; OPEN OCEAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; LAGOON; MACROPHYTE; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; SEA; SEDIMENT; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

ALGAE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; FRESH WATER; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONS; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; MAR MENOR; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MURCIA [SPAIN]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 39949083397     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2007.11.008     Document Type: Article

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