Variability in the structure of epiphyte assemblages on leaves and rhizomes of Posidonia oceanica in relation to human disturbances in a seagrass meadow off Tunisia

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 108, Issue , 2013, Pages 33-40

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

^a Faculté des Sciences de Sfax   (Tunisia)

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

Author keywords

Epiphyte; Posidonia oceanica; Sewage disturbance; Spatial variability

Indexed keywords

ALGA; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EPIPHYTE; LEAF; LEAF AREA INDEX; PLANT; RHIZOME; SAMPLING; SCUBA DIVING; SEAGRASS MEADOW; SEWAGE; SURFACE AREA; WASTEWATER; WATER POLLUTION;

MAHDIA; TUNISIA;

ASCIDIACEA; BRYOZOA; PHAEOPHYCEAE; POSIDONIA OCEANICA; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 84876824374     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2013.03.002     Document Type: Article

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