Analysis of macrozoobenthic community structure after severe dystrophic crises in a Mediterranean coastal lagoon

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 536-547

  Lardicci, C ^a   Rossi, F ^b   Castelli, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brackish waters; Coastal lagoons; Community structure; Macrozoobenthos; Organic enrichment; Western Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC COMPOUND;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DYSTROPHIC CRISES; DYSTROPHIC CRISIS; LAGOON ECOSYSTEM; LAGOON ECOSYSTEMS; ORGANIC POLLUTION; ZOOBENTHOS;

ALGA; ANNELID WORM; AQUATIC FAUNA; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; LAGOON; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MORTALITY; PLANT GROWTH; SAMPLING; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; SPECIES;

ITALY, TUSCANY, ORBETELLO LAGOON;

EID: 0030776881     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(96)00164-6     Document Type: Article

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