The mollusc community associated with maerl beds of Ustica Island (Tyrrhenian Sea)

Cahiers de Biologie Marine

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 289-297

  Castriota, Luca ^a   Agamennone, Franco ^b   Sunseri, Giuseppe ^a  

^a ICRAM   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Circalittoral; Coastal detritic; Maerl; Molluscs; Tyrrhenian; Ustica

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MOLLUSC; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SEDIMENT PROPERTY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; PALERMO [SICILY]; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; USTICA; WORLD;

GIBBERULA; HAMINOEA HYDATIS; HIATELLA ARCTICA; ISCHNOCHITON; LIMATULA SUBAURICULATA; MODIOLULA PHASEOLINA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 26944475968     PISSN: 00079723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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