Variability of species' roles in marine communities: Change of paradigms for conservation priorities

Marine Biology

Volumn 140, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1067-1074

  Piraino, Stefano ^a   Fanelli, G ^b   Boero, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC COMMUNITY; COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONSERVATION; FUNCTIONAL ROLE;

EID: 0036941228     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-001-0769-2     Document Type: Article

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