Environmental Engineering Techniques to Restore Degraded Posidonia oceanica Meadows
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Material and Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Source | df | MS | Pseudo-F | P (perm) |
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Effort | 1 | 142.45 | 0.892 | 0.352 |
Residual | 36 | 159.66 |
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Piazzi, L.; Acunto, S.; Frau, F.; Atzori, F.; Cinti, M.F.; Leone, L.; Ceccherelli, G. Environmental Engineering Techniques to Restore Degraded Posidonia oceanica Meadows. Water 2021, 13, 661. https://doi.org/10.3390/w13050661
Piazzi L, Acunto S, Frau F, Atzori F, Cinti MF, Leone L, Ceccherelli G. Environmental Engineering Techniques to Restore Degraded Posidonia oceanica Meadows. Water. 2021; 13(5):661. https://doi.org/10.3390/w13050661
Chicago/Turabian StylePiazzi, Luigi, Stefano Acunto, Francesca Frau, Fabrizio Atzori, Maria Francesca Cinti, Laura Leone, and Giulia Ceccherelli. 2021. "Environmental Engineering Techniques to Restore Degraded Posidonia oceanica Meadows" Water 13, no. 5: 661. https://doi.org/10.3390/w13050661
APA StylePiazzi, L., Acunto, S., Frau, F., Atzori, F., Cinti, M. F., Leone, L., & Ceccherelli, G. (2021). Environmental Engineering Techniques to Restore Degraded Posidonia oceanica Meadows. Water, 13(5), 661. https://doi.org/10.3390/w13050661