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The Northern Adriatic Sea

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Marine Benthic Vegetation

Part of the book series: Ecological Studies ((ECOLSTUD,volume 123))

Abstract

The Adriatic Sea is a remote branch of the Mediterranean which provides conditions for the development of a heterogeneous flora and vegetation. Due to adverse paleoclimatic effects, tropical, Indo-Pacific, Atlantic, cosmopolitan and endemic species occur side by side, the last being especially well represented in the Adriatic Sea (Feldmann 1958).

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Munda, I.M. (1996). The Northern Adriatic Sea. In: Schramm, W., Nienhuis, P.H. (eds) Marine Benthic Vegetation. Ecological Studies, vol 123. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-61398-2_17

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