Response of Posidonia oceanica growth to dredging effects of different magnitude

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 423, Issue , 2011, Pages 39-45

  Di Carlo, Giuseppe ^a   Benedetti Cecchi, Lisandro ^b   Badalamenti, Fabio ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Beyond BACI' design; Dredging; Mediterranean sea; Posidonia oceanica; Reconstruction methods; '; Recovery

Indexed keywords

COAST; DISTURBANCE; GROWTH RESPONSE; HABITAT RESTORATION; MAGNITUDE; MEADOW; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RHIZOME; SEAGRASS;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 79951640982     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08936     Document Type: Article

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