Dinamica dei sistemi a Cymodocea nodosa,Zostera marina e Zostera noltii nel Mediterraneo |
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Authors: | Maria Cristina Buia Mara Marzocchi |
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Affiliation: | 1. Lab. Ecologia Benthos , Stazione Zoologica “A. Dohrn” di Napoli , P.ta San Pietro, 80077, Ischia, Italia;2. Dipartimento di Biologia , Università di Padova , Via Trieste 75, Padova, Italia |
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Abstract: | Abstract Data on geographical and depth distribution, sediment granulometry, salinity, biomass variability, below/aboveground biomass ratio, and reproductive strategies of seagrass communities in the Mediterranean Sea were analysed to describe their dynamics patterns. Notwithstanding their different latitudinal distribution, they have a similar seasonal biomass variability, deriving both from extrinsic forcing (e.g. light and temperature) and intrinsic species-specific components (e.g. reproduction pattern), these latter being responsible for their different structure and seasonal dynamics. |
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Keywords: | seagrass Cymodocea nodosa Zostera marina Zostera noltii distribution biomass growth strategy Mediterranean sea |
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