Effects of long-term dumping of harbor-dredged material on macrozoobenthos at four disposal sites along the Emilia-Romagna coast (Northern Adriatic Sea, Italy)

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1595-1605

  Simonini, R ^a   Ansaloni, I ^a   Cavallini, F ^a   Graziosi, F ^a   Iotti, M ^a   Massamba N'Siala, G ^a   Mauri, M ^a   Montanari, G ^b   Preti, M ^c   Prevedelli, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b Struttura Oceanografica Daphne   (Italy)

^c ARPA Emilia Romagna   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dumping; Harbor dredging; Macrozoobenthos; Northern Adriatic Sea; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; DREDGES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; IMPURITIES; PORTS AND HARBORS; RIVERS;

DUMPING; HARBOR-DREDGED MATERIALS;

SEDIMENTS;

DREDGE SPOIL; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; MARINE POLLUTION; POLLUTION EFFECT; WASTE DISPOSAL; ZOOBENTHOS;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; ITALY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; SEA; SEDIMENT; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INVERTEBRATES; ITALY; MARINE BIOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCEANS AND SEAS; PARTICLE SIZE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REFUSE DISPOSAL;

ADRIATIC COAST [ITALY]; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EMILIA;

EID: 28444480998     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2005.06.031     Document Type: Article

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