The impact of dredge-fill on Posidonia oceanica seagrass meadows: Regression and patterns of recovery

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 483-489

  Badalamenti, Fabio ^a   Alagna, Adriana ^b   D'Anna, Giovanni ^a   Terlizzi, Antonio ^b   Di Carlo, Giuseppe ^c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^c Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science and Oceans   (United States)

Author keywords

Dredging; Mediterranean Sea; Natural recovery; Percent cover; Posidonia oceanica; Substrate

Indexed keywords

COASTAL AREA; CONSOLIDATED ROCKS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NATURAL RECOVERY; P. OCEANICA; PERCENT COVER; POSIDONIA OCEANICA; SEAGRASS MEADOWS;

COASTAL ZONES; DEBRIS; RECOVERY;

SUBSTRATES;

DREDGING; GAS PIPELINE; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT RESTORATION; SEAGRASS; SEAGRASS MEADOW;

ARTICLE; DREDGING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLOITATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ITALY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NONHUMAN; PIPELINE; POSIDONIA OCEANICA; SEAGRASS; SEASHORE;

ALISMATIDAE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ITALY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; WATER POLLUTION;

ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SICILY;

POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 79952191063     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.12.011     Document Type: Article

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