Response of Posidonia oceanica to burial dynamics

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 423, Issue , 2011, Pages 47-56

  Manzanera, Marta ^a,d   Alcoverro, Teresa ^b   Tomas, Fiona ^c   Romero, Javier ^d  

^a Agència Catalana de l'Aigua ^*  (Spain)

^b CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Burial; Mediterranean; Mortality; Seagrass; Sediment

Indexed keywords

DOMINANCE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GROWTH RATE; HURRICANE; LIMITING FACTOR; MEADOW; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; RHIZOME; SANDY SOIL; SEAGRASS; SEDIMENTATION; SILTATION; STORM; SURVIVAL;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 79951646082     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08970     Document Type: Article

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