Climate change and Mediterranean seagrass meadows: A synopsis for environmental managers

Mediterranean Marine Science

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 462-473

  Pergent, G ^a   Bazairi, H ^b   Bianchi, C N ^c   Boudouresque, C F ^d   Buia, M C ^e   Calvo, S ^f   Clabaut, P ^a   Harmelin Vivien, M ^d   Angel Mateo, M ^g   Montefalcone, M ^c   Morri, C ^c   Orfanidis, S ^h   Pergent Martini, C ^a   Semroud, R ⁱ   Serrano, O ^j,k   Thibaut, T ^d   Tomasello, A ^f   Verlaque, M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CORSE   (France)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^d AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^e STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

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

^h Natl Agr Res Fdn Fisheries Res Inst   (Greece)

ⁱ ENSMAL ^*  (Algeria)

^j EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^k UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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Author keywords

Carbon sink; Global change; Mediterranean; Posidonia oceanica; Primary production; Seagrass ecosystem; Seagrasses

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904041527     PISSN: 1108393X     EISSN: 17916763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12681/mms.621     Document Type: Review

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