Effects of sediment sulfides on seagrass posidonia oceanica meristematic activity

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 372, Issue , 2008, Pages 1-6

  Garcias Bonet, Neus ^a   Marbà, Núria ^a   Holmer, Marianne ^b   Duarte, Carlos M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Caulerpa spp. invasions; Meristematic activity; Posidonia oceanica; Seagrass decline; Sediment sulfate reduction rate; Sediment sulfide pools

Indexed keywords

CYTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; REDUCTION; SEAGRASS; SULFIDE;

CAULERPA; POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 58249108414     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07714     Document Type: Article

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