The necromass of the Posidonia oceanica seagrass meadow: fate, role, ecosystem services and vulnerability

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 781, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 25-42

  Boudouresque, Charles F ^a   Pergent, Gérard ^b   Pergent Martini, Christine ^b   Ruitton, Sandrine ^a   Thibaut, Thierry ^a,c   Verlaque, Marc ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE CORSE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

Author keywords

Beaches; Detritus feeders; Ecosystem services; Necromass; Posidonia oceanica; Seagrass

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEACH; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DUNE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EPIBIONT; FOOD WEB; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEAGRASS MEADOW; VULNERABILITY;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 84931086752     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-015-2333-y     Document Type: Review

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