A new index (MediSkew) for the assessment of the Cymodocea nodosa (Ucria) Ascherson meadow's status

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 110, Issue , 2015, Pages 132-141

  Orlando Bonaca, Martina ^a   Francé, Janja ^a   Mavrič, Borut ^a   Grego, Mateja ^a   Lipej, Lovrenc ^a   Flander Putrle, Vesna ^a   Šiško, Milijan ^a   Falace, Annalisa ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Assessment of the status; Cymodocea nodosa; Leaf length; MediSkew index; Mediterranean Sea

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; WATER CONSERVATION;

ASSESSMENT OF THE STATUS; CYMODOCEA NODOSA; LEAF LENGTH; MEDISKEW INDEX; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

METADATA;

COASTAL WATER; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; INDEX METHOD; SEAGRASS;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL COASTLINE; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYMODOCEA NODOSA; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER DISCHARGE; LEACHING; LEAF LENGTH; MARICULTURE; MEDISKEW INDEX; NAVIGATION ROUTE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PLANT PARAMETERS; PRESSURE INDEX FOR SEAGRASS MEADOWS; RAINWATER DISCHARGE; SCREENING; SEAGRASS; ALISMATALES; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PROCEDURES; SLOVENIA;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

CYMODOCEA NODOSA; POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

ALISMATIDAE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PLANT LEAVES; SLOVENIA;

EID: 84942120229     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: 18790291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2015.08.009     Document Type: Article

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