Assessing effects of fishing prohibition on Posidonia oceanica seagrass meadows in the Marine Natural Reserve of Cerbère-Banyuls

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 295-302

  Ferrari, Bruno ^a   Raventos, Nuria ^a   Planes, Serge ^a  

^a PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Fishing prohibition; Grazing; Mediterranean Sea; Posidonia oceanica; Sarpa salpa

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FISHERY REGULATION; GRAZING; LEAF; MARINE PARK; PERCID; PHENOLOGY; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEAGRASS MEADOW; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION;

CERBERE-BANYULS NATURAL MARINE RESERVE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; LANGUEDOC-ROUSSILLON; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PYRENEES ORIENTALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

POSIDONIA OCEANICA; SARPA SALPA;

EID: 40649112575     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2007.12.002     Document Type: Article

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