Settlement pattern of Posidonia oceanica epibionts along a gradient of ocean acidification: An approach with mimics

Mediterranean Marine Science

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 498-509

  Donnarumma, L ^a,c   Lombardi, C ^b   Cocito, S ^b   Gambi, M C ^a  

^a STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

^b ENEA Marine Environment Research Centre   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; CO2 vents; Colonization pattern; Epiphytes; Mediterranean Sea; Mimics; Recruitment; Seagrass

Indexed keywords

EID: 84913539651     PISSN: 1108393X     EISSN: 17916763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12681/mms.677     Document Type: Article

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