Impact of recreational harvesting on assemblages in artificial rocky habitats

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 299, Issue , 2005, Pages 55-66

  Airoldi, Laura ^a   Bacchiocchi, Francesca ^a   Cagliola, Claudia ^a   Bulleri, Fabio ^a   Abbiati, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Artificial habitats; Benthic assemblages; Coastal protection; Codium fragile ssp. tomentosoides; Disturbance; Human harvesting; Macroalgae; Mussel beds

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; HARVESTING; MANMADE STRUCTURE; MOLLUSC; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY;

ALGAE; CODIUM FRAGILE; EMILIA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 26244462609     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps299055     Document Type: Article

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