Body size descriptor of cymodocea nodosa indicates anthropogenic stress in coastal ecosystems

Transitional Waters Bulletin

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 1-7

  Orfanidis, S ^a   Papathanasiou, V ^a   Gounaris, S ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Angiosperms; Leaf length; Nested analysis; Water Framework Directive WFD

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649083797     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1825229X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1285/i1825229Xv1n2p1     Document Type: Article

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