An ecosystem-based approach to assess the status of a mediterranean ecosystem, the Posidonia oceanica seagrass meadow

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Personnic, Sébastien ^a   Boudouresque, Charles F ^a   Astruch, Patrick ^a   Ballesteros, Enric ^b   Blouet, Sylvain ^c   Bellan Santini, Denise ^d   Bonhomme, Patrick ^a   Thibault Botha, Delphine ^a   Feunteun, Eric ^e   Harmelin Vivien, Mireille ^a   Pergent, Gérard ^f   Pergent Martini, Christine ^f   Pastor, Jérémy ^g   Poggiale, Jean Christophe ^a   Renaud, Florent ^d   Thibaut, Thierry ^a   Ruitton, Sandrine ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

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

^c Centre d'Estudis Avançats de Blanes CSIC ^*  (France)

^d STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

^e MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE CORSE   (France)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGICAL QUALITY RATIO; ECOSYSTEM BASED QUALITY INDEX; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; POSIDONIA OCEANICA; REDUNDANCY ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; ALISMATALES; ANALYSIS; BIOTA; ECOSYSTEM MONITORING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; WATER POLLUTANT;

WATER POLLUTANT;

ALISMATIDAE; BIOTA; ECOLOGICAL PARAMETER MONITORING; HUMANS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84903281100     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0098994     Document Type: Article

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