Detection of thermal pollution: Variability of benthic communities at two different spatial scales in an area influenced by a coastal power station

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 296-303

  Lardicci, C ^a   Rossi, F ^b   Maltagliati, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Benthos; Beyond BACI; Coastal zone; Community structure; Thermal pollution; Western Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; POLLUTION EFFECT; POWER PLANT; SPATIAL VARIATION; THERMAL POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; ECOSYSTEM; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ITALY; SEASHORE; THERMAL POLLUTION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0033025887     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(98)00149-0     Document Type: Article

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