Macrobenthos community structural changes off Cesenatico coast (Emilia Romagna, Northern Adriatic), a six-year monitoring programme

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 353, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 317-328

  Occhipinti Ambrogi, Anna ^a   Savini, Dario ^a   Forni, Giulia ^a  

^a Department of Ecologia del Territorio   (Italy)

Author keywords

Community structural changes; Mucilage; Northern Adriatic Sea; Po river discharge; Soft bottom macrobenthos

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MONITORING; OCEAN HABITATS; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURAL CHANGES; MUCILAGE; NORTHERN ADRIATIC SEA; PO RIVER DISCHARGE; SOFT BOTTOM MACROBENTHOS;

COASTAL ZONES;

OXYGEN; WATER;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MACROBENTHOS; MUCILAGE; RIVER DISCHARGE;

ARTICLE; BIVALVE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRUSTACEA; ENVIRONMENT; HYDROGRAPHY; MACROBENTHOS; MONITORING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SALINITY; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT; SUMMER;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INVERTEBRATES; MARINE BIOLOGY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEAWATER; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ADRIATIC SEA; EMILIA-ROMAGNA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

AMPELISCA; AMPELISCA DIADEMA; BIVALVIA; CORBULA GIBBA; CRUSTACEA; EMILIA;

EID: 28744437581     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.09.021     Document Type: Article

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