Impact of date mussel harvesting on the rocky bottom structural complexity along the Istrian coast (Northern Adriatic, Croatia)

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 325, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 134-145

  Devescovi, Massimo ^a   Ozretić, Bartolo ^a   Iveša, Ljiljana ^a  

^a RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Human disturbance; Indices; Lithophaga lithophaga; Mediterranean sea; Profile architecture; Substratum; Topography

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; HARVESTING; MUSSEL CULTURE; TOPOGRAPHY;

CROATIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ROVINJ; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

LITHOPHAGA; LITHOPHAGA LITHOPHAGA;

EID: 27744507305     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2005.04.028     Document Type: Article

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