Dynamic of Posidonia oceanica seagrass meadows in the northwestern Mediterranean: Could climate change be to blame?

Comptes Rendus - Biologies

Volumn 338, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 484-493

  Pergent, Gérard ^a   Pergent Martini, Christine ^a   Bein, Aymeric ^a   Dedeken, Marine ^a   Oberti, Pascal ^a   Orsini, Antoine ^a   Santucci, Jean François ^a   Short, Frederic ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CORSE   (France)

^b Washington State Department of Natural Resources   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Mediterranean Sea; Monitoring; Posidonia oceanica; Seagrass; Vitality

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; MEADOW; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; POPULATION DECLINE; SEAGRASS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

BIOREMEDIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NONHUMAN; POSIDONIA OCEANICA; REVIEW; SEAGRASS; SEASHORE; ALISMATALES; FRANCE; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TIME;

CORSE; FRANCE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (NORTHWEST);

POSIDONIA; POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

ALISMATIDAE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRANCE; HUMANS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84932195562     PISSN: 16310691     EISSN: 17683238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crvi.2015.04.011     Document Type: Article

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