Responses of two Mediterranean seagrasses to experimental changes in salinity

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 669, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 21-33

  Fernández Torquemada, Yolanda ^a   Sánchez Lizaso, J Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cymodocea nodosa; Desalination impact; Salinity effects; Salinity tolerance; Zostera noltii

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROWTH RATE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MORTALITY; SALINITY; SALINITY TOLERANCE; SEAGRASS; SEASONALITY; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

CYMODOCEA NODOSA; ZOSTERA NOLTII;

EID: 79956143048     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-011-0644-1     Document Type: Article

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