Autochthonous seaweeds

The Mediterranean Sea: Its History and Present Challenges

Volumn 9789400767041, Issue , 2014, Pages 123-135

  Figueroa, Félix L ^a   Flores Moya, Antonio ^a   Vergara, Juan J ^b   Korbee, Nathalie ^a   Hernández, Ignacio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acidification; Biological indicators; Climate change; Ecophysiology; Macroalgae; Macroalgal protection; Mediterranean Sea; Temperature; UV radiation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928860347     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-6704-1_8     Document Type: Chapter

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