Variation of structural and functional metrics in macrophyte communities within two habitats of eastern Mediterranean coastal lagoons: Natural versus human effects

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 18, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages

  Orfanidis, S ^a   Pinna, M ^b   Sabetta, L ^b   Stamatis, N ^a   Nakou, K ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Benthic macrophytes; Diversity indices; Ecological Evaluation Index EEI; Monitoring; Nested analysis; WFD

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COASTAL LAGOON; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MACROALGA; MACROPHYTE; PHYTOBENTHOS; WATER QUALITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

CHAETOMORPHA LINUM; CYANOBACTERIA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; RUPPIA CIRRHOSA; ULVA;

EID: 51649124252     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.957     Document Type: Conference Paper

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