Mediterranean rhodolith beds

Coastal Research Library

Volumn 15, Issue , 2017, Pages 281-298

  Basso, Daniela ^a   Babbini, Lorenza ^b   Ramos Esplá, Angel Alfonso ^c   Salomidi, Maria ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND RESEARCH ISPRA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Areal Extent; Gibraltar Strait; Specific Habitat Type; Taxonomic Inventory; Tuscan Archipelago

Indexed keywords

EID: 85076961576     PISSN: 22110577     EISSN: 22110585     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-29315-8_11     Document Type: Chapter

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