Descriptors from Posidonia oceanica (L.) Delile meadows in coastal waters of Valencia, Spain, in the context of the EU Water Framework Directive

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1492-1497

  Fernández Torquemada, Yolanda ^a   Díaz Valdés, Marta ^a   Colilla, Francisco ^b   Luna, Beatriz ^a   Sánchez Lizaso, José Luis ^a   Ramos Esplá, Alfonso A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b Centro de Investigación Marina de Santa Pola   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biological quality element; Descriptors; Posidonia oceanica, seagrass; Water Framework Directive

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMASS; COASTAL WATER; DATA ACQUISITION; HERBIVORE; MEADOW; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEAGRASS; SHOOT;

COMUNIDAD VALENCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; VALENCIA [COMUNIDAD VALENCIA];

POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 53849095137     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsn146     Document Type: Article

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