Temporal and depth distribution of microepiphytes on Posidonia oceanica (L.) Delile leaves in a meadow off Tunisia

Marine Ecology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 148-161

  Mabrouk, Lotfi ^a   Hamza, Asma ^b   Brahim, Mounir Ben ^a   Bradai, Med Najmeddine ^b  

^a University of Sfax   (Tunisia)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL DES SCIENCES ET TECHNOLOGIES DE LA MER   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Bathymetric variations; Epiphytic microorganisms; Posidonia oceanica; Temporal variations

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BATHYMETRIC SURVEY; EPIPHYTE; MEADOW; MICROALGA; MICROORGANISM; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEAGRASS; SPATIAL VARIATION; TAXONOMY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

TUNISIA;

ALEXANDRIUM; AMPHIDINIUM CARTERAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; COOLIA; DINOPHYCEAE; KARENIA SELLIFORMIS; KARLODINIUM; OSTREOPSIS SIAMENSIS; POSIDONIA OCEANICA; PROROCENTRUM; PROROCENTRUM CONCAVUM; PROROCENTRUM LIMA; PROROCENTRUM MINIMUM;

EID: 79955047653     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: 14390485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2011.00432.x     Document Type: Article

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