Can rock composition affect sublittoral epibenthic communities?

Marine Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2002, Pages 65-77

  Cattaneo Vietti, Riccardo ^a   Albertelli, Giancarlo ^a   Bavestrello, Giorgio ^b   Bianchi, Carlo Nike ^c   Cerrano, Carlo ^a   Chiantore, Mariachiara ^a   Gaggero, Laura ^a   Morri, Carla ^a   Schiaparelli, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^c ENEA Marine Environment Research Centre   (Italy)

Author keywords

Benthic communities; Biomineralogy; Hard substrata; Mineral composition; Rock textures

Indexed keywords

ALGAE;

EID: 1042271868     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: 14390485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2002.tb00008.x     Document Type: Article

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