Responses of the Mediterranean seagrass Posidonia oceanica to in situ simulated salinity increase

Botanica Marina

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 459-470

  Ruíz, Juan M ^a   Marín Guirao, Lazaro ^a   Sandoval Gil, Jose M ^a  

^a Instituto Español de Oceanografía   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brine impact; Hypersalinity tolerance; Mediterranean Sea; Posidonia oceanica; Seagrass

Indexed keywords

BRINE; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DESALINATION; GROWTH RATE; HYPERSALINE ENVIRONMENT; LEAF AREA; MESOCOSM; SALINITY; SALINITY TOLERANCE; SEAGRASS; SEAGRASS MEADOW; SURVIVAL;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 71749091635     PISSN: 00068055     EISSN: 14374323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BOT.2009.051     Document Type: Article

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