Boat-based videographic monitoring of an Adriatic lagoon indicates increase in seagrass cover associated with sediment deposition

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 117-123

  Schultz, Stewart T ^a   Kruschel, Claudia ^a   Mokos, Melita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZADAR   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Adriatic; GPS; Monitoring; Seagrass; Sedimentation; Videography

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMONITORING; BOATING; DEPOSITION; GPS; SEAGRASS; SEDIMENTATION; TRANSLOCATION; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION TYPE; VIDEOGRAPHY;

ADRIATIC SEA; CROATIA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NOVIGRAD;

CYMODOCEA NODOSA; ZOSTERA MARINA; ZOSTERA NOLTII;

EID: 79960027815     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2011.04.004     Document Type: Article

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