Loss of benthic communities: Warning signal for coastal ecosystem management

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 343-352

  Schinner, Felix ^a,b   Stachowitsch, Michael ^a   Hilgers, Helge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC COMMUNITY; BENTHOS; COASTAL WATER; COASTAL ZONE; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; OXYGEN DEFICIENCY; SOFT-BOTTOM COMMUNITY;

ADRIATIC SEA;

ECHINOIDEA; SCHIZASTER CANALIFERUS;

EID: 0030436772     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0755(199612)6:4<343::AID-AQC196>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Conference Paper

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