Variations in Posidonia oceanica meadow structure along the coast of the Dugi Otok Island (eastern Adriatic Sea)

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 883-892

  Kružić, Petar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Adriatic Sea; Epiphytic algae; Meadows structure; Posidonia oceanica

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EPIPHYTE; LEAF AREA INDEX; PHYTOMASS; RED ALGA; SEAGRASS MEADOW; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ADRIATIC SEA; CROATIA; DUGI OTOK; EURASIA; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ALGAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; POSIDONIA OCEANICA; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 48249127553     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315408001410     Document Type: Article

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