Taxonomic diversity and distribution of polychaete and isopod borers on the sheaths of the seagrass posidonia oceanica: Analysis at regional scale along the coast off sardinia (Italy)

Italian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 141-151

  Gambi, Maria Cristina ^a   Trani, Barbara ^a   Buia, Maria Cristina ^a  

^a STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Borers; Isopods; Mediterranean Sea; Polychaetes; Posidonia oceanica; Sardinia

Indexed keywords

BORING ORGANISM; DETRITIVORY; ISOPOD; POLYCHAETE; SEAGRASS MEADOW; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; SARDINIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EUNICIDA; EUNICIDAE; HALOPHILA; ISOPODA; LIMNORIA; LIMNORIIDAE; LYSIDICE COLLARIS; LYSIDICE NINETTA; MARPHYSA FALLAX; NEMATONEREIS UNICORNIS; POLYCHAETA; POSIDONIA; POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 22144468016     PISSN: 11250003     EISSN: 17485851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11250000509356664     Document Type: Article

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