Seagrass (Posidonia oceanica) monitoring in western Mediterranean: Implications for management and conservation

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 171, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 365-380

  Lopez Y Royo, Cecilia ^a,b   Pergent, Gérard ^b   Pergent Martini, Christine ^c   Casazza, Gianna ^a  

^a APAT   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE CORSE   (France)

^c Regional Activity Centre for Specially Protected Areas   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Bioindicator; Data comparability; Mediterranean; Monitoring; Posidonia oceanica; Quality assurance; Seagrass

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; DATA COMPARABILITY; MEDITERRANEAN; POSIDONIA OCEANICA; SEAGRASSES;

ECOLOGY; METADATA; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

MONITORING;

BIOINDICATOR; COASTAL WATER; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DATA QUALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; OPTIMIZATION; SEAGRASS;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; POSIDONIA OCEANA; RELIABILITY; SEAGRASS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPRING; SUMMER; WATER QUALITY; WINTER;

ALISMATIDAE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (WEST);

POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 78149413698     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-009-1284-z     Document Type: Article

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