Seasonal response of Posidonia oceanica epiphyte assemblages to nutrient increase

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 359, Issue , 2008, Pages 89-98

  Prado, Patricia ^a   Alcoverro, Teresa ^a   Romero, Javier ^b  

^a CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Algal epiphytes; Assemblage composition; Nutrient enrichment; Posidonia oceanica; Seasonality; Univariate measures; Zooepiphytes

Indexed keywords

BRYOZOAN; EPIPHYTE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; SEAGRASS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY;

ALGAE; BRYOZOA; CERAMIACEAE; ELECTRA; PHAEOPHYCEAE; POSIDONIA OCEANICA; SPHACELARIA CIRROSA;

EID: 44949096307     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07438     Document Type: Article

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