Distribution patterns of the sublittoral epibenthic assemblages on a rocky shoal in the Ligurian Sea (NW Meditteranean)

Scientia Marina

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 175-181

  Cocito, Silvia ^a   Bedulli, Daniele ^b   Sgorbini, S Sergio ^a  

^a ENEA Marine Environment Research Centre   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Communities zonation; Coralligenous; Hard substrate epibenthos; Northwestern Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; ECOLOGICAL ZONATION; HARD-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

LIGURIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; BRYOZOA; EUNICELLA; EUNICELLA SINGULARIS; EUNICELLA VERRUCOSA; LEPTOGORGIA; LEPTOGORGIA SARMENTOSA; PARAMURICEA; PARAMURICEA CLAVATA; PENTAPORA; PENTAPORA FASCIALIS; ZOANTHARIA;

EID: 0036302749     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/scimar.2002.66n2175     Document Type: Article

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