Getting turfed: The population and habitat impacts of Lophocladia lallemandii invasions on endemic Posidonia oceanica meadows

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 116, Issue , 2014, Pages 76-82

  Marbà, Núria ^a   Arthur, Rohan ^b   Alcoverro, Teresa ^c  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b NATURE CONSERVATION FOUNDATION   (India)

^c CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cover; Exotic species; Macroalgae; Mediterranean; Mortality; Seagrass

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894091556     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2014.01.006     Document Type: Article

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