Biological importance of an Atlantic European maërl bed off Benencia Island (northwest Iberian Peninsula)

Botanica Marina

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 493-505

  Peña, Viviana ^a   Bárbara, Ignacio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Conservation; Distribution; Epiflora; Ma rl; NW Iberian Peninsula

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION STATUS; DOMINANCE; DREDGING; FLORISTICS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RED ALGA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BENENCIA ISLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; GALICIA; IBERIAN PENINSULA; LA CORUNA [GALICIA]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ALGAE; MESOPHYLLUM; PHYMATOLITHON CALCAREUM;

EID: 57349120086     PISSN: 00068055     EISSN: 14374323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BOT.2008.057     Document Type: Article

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