11.331 - Mediterranean Cymodocea beds

Classification des habitats du Paléarctique (2001)

Description

Cymodocea nodosa formations of the Mediterranean, permanently submerged in waters down to 10 metres deep, often in sheltered areas behind Posidonia reefs, monospecific or associated with either the alga Caulerpa prolifera or the phanerogam Halophila stipulacea.

Correspondances phytosociologiques

Cymodoceion nodosae: Cymodocetum nodosae

Bibliographie

Devillers P., Devillers-Terschuren J. & Vander Linden C., 2001. PHYSIS Palaearctic Habitat Classification Database. Updated to 10 December 2001. Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles, Bruxelles. (Source)

Knapp, 1973: 502; Campbell, 1976; Molinier and Martin, 1980; Augier, 1982; Géhu and Géhu-Franck, 1984a; Géhu & al., 1984b; Polunin and Walters, 1985; Lanfranco, 1989: 51; Sfikas, 1992: 315; Britton and Crivelli, 1993: 155-156; Turland & al., 1993: 11; Trpin and Vres, 1995: 36; Hoda & al., 1998: 2; Schembri, 1999b.