A survey of the benthic aquatic flora in transitional water systems of Greece and Cyprus (Mediterranean Sea)

Botanica Marina

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 169-178

  Christia, Chrysoula ^a   Tziortzis, Iakovos ^a,b   Fyttis, Georgios ^a   Kashta, Lefter ^c   Papastergiadou, Eva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources Cyprus   (Cyprus)

^c Academy of Sciences of Albania   (Albania)

Author keywords

benthic macrophytes; Cyprus, Greece; Mediterranean Sea; transitional water systems

Indexed keywords

COASTAL LAGOON; FIELD SURVEY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GREEN ALGA; ISLAND; MACROPHYTE; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; PHYTOBENTHOS; SALINE LAKE; SAMPLING;

CYPRUS; GREECE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ALTHENIA; CHARA; CHARA ASPERA; CHARA CANESCENS; CHARA HISPIDA; CHARA VULGARIS; CHARACEAE; CHARALES; CHLOROPHYTA; LAMPROTHAMNIUM PAPULOSUM; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; NAJAS MARINA; PECTINATUS; POTAMOGETON PECTINATUS; RHODOPHYTA; SPERMATOPHYTA; STRAMENOCHROMA; STREPTOPHYTA;

EID: 79954450953     PISSN: 00068055     EISSN: 14374323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BOT.2011.016     Document Type: Review

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