Changes in the structure of a Posidonia oceanica meadow and in the diversity of associated decapod, mollusc and echinoderm assemblages, resulting from inputs of waste from a marine fish farm (Malta, Central Mediterranean)

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 1309-1321

  Dimech, Mark ^a   Borg, Joseph A ^a   Schembri, Patrick J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE EFFLUENT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; SEAGRASS MEADOW;

MALTA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ANIMALIA; ECHINODERMATA; HALOPHILA; MOLLUSCA; POSIDONIA; POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 0038079718     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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