Short-term effect of beach replenishment on a shallow Posidonia oceanica meadow

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 143-150

  González Correa, José M ^a   Fernández Torquemada, Yolanda ^a   Sánchez Lizaso, José Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Beach replenishment; Earlier impact; Posidonia oceanica; Short term impact

Indexed keywords

BEACH NOURISHMENT; BEFORE AND AFTER; BIOMASS PRODUCTIONS; CLAY FRACTIONS; EARLIER IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; FILTER-FEEDING; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; NON-STRUCTURAL CARBOHYDRATES; P. OCEANICA; POSIDONIA OCEANICA; SEDIMENT MOVEMENT; SHORT-TERM EFFECTS; SHORT-TERM IMPACT; STRUCTURAL PARAMETER; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VEGETATIVE GROWTH;

BEACHES; BIOMASS; CARBOHYDRATES; FORESTRY; LOCATION; OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTRUMENTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SHORE PROTECTION; SILT;

CLAY MINERALS;

ASYMMETRY; BEACH NOURISHMENT; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; EPIPHYTE; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); RHIZOME; SEAGRASS MEADOW; SECONDARY PRODUCTION; SHOOT GROWTH; SILTY CLAY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VARIANCE ANALYSIS; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; DUMPING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EPIPHYTE; HERBIVORE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PLANT NUTRIENT; RHIZOME; SEAGRASS; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT; SHOOT; VEGETATIVE GROWTH;

ALISMATIDAE; BATHING BEACHES; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; TIME FACTORS;

POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 67650084387     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2009.06.002     Document Type: Article

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