Hitch-hiking on floating marine debris: Macrobenthic species in the Western Mediterranean Sea

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 503, Issue , 2003, Pages 59-67

  Aliani, Stefano ^a   Molcard, Anne ^a,b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthos; Dispersal; Flotsam; Lagrangian model; Rafting

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; OCEAN STRUCTURES; POLYURETHANES; WIND;

BIOGEOGRAPHY; SURFACE CURRENTS;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

DISPERSAL; FLOATING STRUCTURE; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; LITTER; MACROBENTHOS;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

BRYOZOA; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; MOLLUSCA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 0346040133     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:HYDR.0000008480.95045.26     Document Type: Conference Paper

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