First evidence of root morphological and architectural variations in young Posidonia oceanica plants colonizing different substrate typologies

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 154, Issue , 2015, Pages 205-213

  Balestri, Elena ^a   de Battisti, Davide ^a   Vallerini, Flavia ^a   Lardicci, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adaptive strategy; Mediterranean Sea; Root plasticity; Seagrass meadows; Seedling recruitment; Substrate

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; COLONIZATION; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GERMINATION; MEADOW; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); ROOT SYSTEM; SEAGRASS; SUBSTRATE; SURVIVAL; TOPOLOGY; TYPOLOGY;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 84928811987     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2015.01.002     Document Type: Article

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