Testing a new classification of morphological functional groups of marine macroalgae for the detection of responses to stress

Marine Biology

Volumn 158, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2459-2469

  Balata, David ^a   Piazzi, Luigi ^b   Rindi, Fabio ^c  

^a Tenuta San Beda   (Italy)

^b Centro Interuniversitario di Biologia Marina ed Ecologia Applicata   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DETECTION METHOD; DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; IDENTIFICATION KEY; MACROALGA; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (WEST);

EID: 80255124864     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-011-1747-y     Document Type: Article

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