Environmental factors affecting Phragmites australis litter decomposition in Mediterranean and Black Sea transitional waters

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 18, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages

  Sangiorgio, Franca ^a   Basset, A ^a   Pinna, M ^a   Sabetta, L ^a   Abbiati, M ^b   Ponti, M ^b   Minocci, M ^c   Orfanidis, S ^d   Nicolaidou, A ^e   Moncheva, S ^f   Trayanova, A ^f   Georgescu, L ^g   Dragan, S ^g   Beqiraj, S ^h   Koutsoubas, D ⁱ   Evagelopoulos, A ⁱ   Reizopoulou, S ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^d INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^f INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Bulgaria)

^g DUNAREA DE JOS UNIVERSITY OF GALATI   (Romania)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TIRANA   (Albania)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^j INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

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Author keywords

Abiotic factors; Decomposition process; Phragmites australis; Transitional waters

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DECOMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIELDWORK; GRASS; LEAF LITTER; MARINE ECOSYSTEM;

BLACK SEA; EURASIA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS;

EID: 51649094817     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.955     Document Type: Conference Paper

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