Seasonal response of Posidonia oceanica to light disturbances

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 423, Issue , 2011, Pages 29-38

  Serrano, O ^a   Mateo, M A ^a   Renom, P ^a  

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

Author keywords

Coastal management; Irradiance; Mortality; NW Mediterranean; Productivity; Seagrasses; Shading experiments; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DISTURBANCE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; IRRADIANCE; LIGHT EFFECT; MEADOW; MORTALITY; SEAGRASS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHADING; STABLE ISOTOPE; VULNERABILITY;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (NORTHWEST);

POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 79951653218     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08955     Document Type: Article

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