The impact of diving on rocky sublittoral communities: A case study of a bryozoan population

Conservation Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 302-312

  Garrabou, Joaquim ^a   Sala, Enric ^a   Arcas, Antoni ^a   Zabala, Mikel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC COMMUNITY; DIVING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; SUBLITTORAL ZONE; SUBLITTORIAL ZONE;

MEDITERRANEAN COAST; SPAIN;

BRYOZOA; PARAMURICEA CLAVATA; PENTAPORA FASCIALIS;

EID: 0031897744     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.1998.96417.x     Document Type: Article

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