Experimental Evaluation of the Restoration Capacity of a Fish-Farm Impacted Area with Posidonia oceanica (L.) Delile Seedlings

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 180-187

  Domínguez, Marta ^a   Celdrán, David ^b   Muñoz Vera, Ana ^c   Infantes, Eduardo ^a   Martinez Baños, Pedro ^c   Marín, Arnaldo ^b   Terrados, Jorge ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^c Contesma and Comprotec SLP ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Fish Farm; Planting level; Posidonia Oceanica; Seedlings; Substratum Type; Survival; Vegetative development

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOMONITORING; COASTAL ZONE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FISH CULTURE; GROWTH; LEAF AREA; MEADOW; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEAGRASS; SURVIVORSHIP; VEGETATIVE REPRODUCTION;

SPAIN;

POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 84857950031     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2010.00762.x     Document Type: Article

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