Drilling platforms as artificial reefs: Distribution of macrobenthic assemblages of the "Paguro" wreck (northern Adriatic Sea)

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 59, Issue SUPPL., 2002, Pages

  Ponti, Massimo ^a   Abbiati, Marco ^a   Ceccherelli, Victor Ugo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Artificial reef; Benthic fauna; Decommissioning; Northern Adriatic Sea; Offshore platform

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL REEF; DRILLING; MACROBENTHOS; OFFSHORE STRUCTURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

INVERTEBRATA; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 0036804576     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmsc.2002.1225     Document Type: Conference Paper

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