Seagrasses along the Sicilian coasts

Chemistry and Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages 249-266

  Calvo, Sebastiano ^a   Tomasello, Agostino ^a   Di Maida, Germana ^a   Pirrotta, Maria ^a   Buia, Maria Cristina ^b   Cinelli, Francesco ^c   Cormaci, Mario ^d   Furnari, Giovanni ^d   Giaccone, Giuseppe ^d   Luzzu, Filippo ^a   Mazzola, Antonio ^a   Orestano, Carla ^a   Procaccini, Gabriele ^b   Sarà, Gianluca ^a   Scannavino, Antonino ^a   Vizzini, Salvatrice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Distribution; Mediterranean; Seagrass; Sicily; Status

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; SEAGRASS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SICILY;

POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 77952687820     PISSN: 02757540     EISSN: 10290370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02757541003636374     Document Type: Article

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