Changes in benthic community structure due to clam dredging on the Algarve coast and the importance of seasonal analysis

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 719-729

  Alves, Filipe ^a   Chícharo, Luís ^a   Nogueira, António ^b   Regala, João ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAM FISHERY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISTURBANCE; DREDGING; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ZOOBENTHOS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; PORTUGAL;

BIVALVIA;

EID: 0041761892     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315403007707h     Document Type: Article

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