Seasonal variation in a deep subtidal Zostera marina L. bed in southern Spain (western Mediterranean Sea)

Botanica Marina

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 92-102

  Rueda, Jose L ^a   Salas, Carmen ^a   Marina, Pablo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alboran Sea; Biomass; Eelgrass; Seagrass; Temporal dynamics

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CYCLE; BIOMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LEAF AREA INDEX; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PHYTOMASS; RHIZOME; SEAGRASS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER COLUMN;

ALBORAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 44349116218     PISSN: 00068055     EISSN: 14374323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BOT.2008.016     Document Type: Article

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