Loss and recovery potential of marine habitats: An experimental study of factors maintaining resilience in subtidal algal forests at the Adriatic Sea

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Perkol Finkel, Shimrit ^a   Airoldi, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAL COMMUNITY; ARTICLE; CANOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HISTORICAL PERIOD; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEA; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; URBAN AREA; ALGA; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; WATER FLOW;

ALGAE; CYSTOSEIRA;

SEA WATER;

ALGAE; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; OCEANS AND SEAS; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SEAWATER; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 77956288218     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010791     Document Type: Article

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