Recent loss of Gibraltar seagrasses

Botanica Marina

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 89-91

  Bull, James C ^a   Kenyon, Emma J ^b   Edmunds, Danny ^c   Cook, Kevan J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^d NATURAL ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gibraltar; Posidonia oceanica; Seagrass loss; Survey; Zostera marina

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; HABITAT LOSS; LAND RECLAMATION; MACROPHYTE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEAGRASS; SEAGRASS MEADOW; URBANIZATION;

GIBRALTAR;

POSIDONIA OCEANICA; ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 76449110874     PISSN: 00068055     EISSN: 14374323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BOT.2010.003     Document Type: Article

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