The Punta de la Mona Rhodolith Bed: Shallow-Water Mediterranean Rhodoliths (Almuñecar, Granada, Southern Spain)

Shallow-water rhodolith beds are rare in the Mediterranean Sea and generally poorly known. The Punta de la Mona rhodolith bed extends for 16,000 square meters in shallow and oligotrophic waters at the southern coast of Spain, off Almuñecar in the Alborán Sea. We present a detailed analysis of the st...

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Main Authors: Jesús Del Río, Dino Angelo Ramos, Luis Sánchez-Tocino, Julio Peñas, Juan Carlos Braga
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Earth Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feart.2022.884685/full