La Posidonia oceanica: problemi di ecologia,di funzionamento e di biologia |
| |
Authors: | Francesco Cinelli |
| |
Institution: | Dipartimento di Scienze dell 'Ambiente e del Territorio , Università di Pisa , Via, A. Volta, 6, I 56121, Pisa |
| |
Abstract: | Abstract The functional roles of seagrasses in the economy of coastal waters are to be fully realised and more clearly delineated. The biology, ecology and energetics of seagrasses meadows of the Mediterranean Sea, and in particular of Posidonia oceanica inclusing the stabilization of coastal sediments, this role as a base for major detrital food chains, nutrient resources contributory to general productivity of the open sea and the support of dense epiphytic communities, are discussed. |
| |
Keywords: | Posidonia oceanica biology ecology energetics |
|
|