Evolution of Posidonia oceanica seagrass meadows and its implications for management

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 83, Issue , 2013, Pages 65-71

  Guillén, Juan Eduardo ^a   Sánchez Lizaso, José Luis ^b   Jiménez, Santiago ^a   Martínez, Joaquín ^a   Codina, Ana ^a   Montero, Mercedes ^a   Triviño, Alejandro ^a   Soler, Gabriel ^a   Zubcoff, José Jacobo ^b  

^a Instituto de Ecología Litoral   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Monitoring; Population Dynamics; Posidonia oceanica; Seagrass Evolution; Western Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MEADOW; MONITORING; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEAGRASS;

COMUNIDAD VALENCIA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (WEST); SPAIN;

POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 84886412008     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seares.2013.04.012     Document Type: Article

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