Temporal variation in biomass partitioning of the seagrass Cymodocea nodosa at the Gulf of Thessaloniki, Greece

Journal of Biological Research

Volumn 15, Issue , 2011, Pages 75-90

  Malea, Paraskevi ^a   Zikidou, Christina ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Abiotic factors; Biomass allocation; Growth dynamics; Nutrients; Plant compartments; Seagrass; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CYMODOCEA NODOSA; THESSALONIKI;

EID: 79953690817     PISSN: 1790045X     EISSN: 1790045X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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