Do mucous aggregates affect macro-zoobenthic community and mussel culture? a study in a coastal area of the Northwestern Adriatic Sea

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 353, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 329-339

  Cornello, Michele ^a   Boscolo, Rossella ^a   Giovanardi, Otello ^a  

^a Istituto Centrale Per la Ricerca Scientifica e Tecnologica Applicata Al Mare ICRAM   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adriatic Sea; Benthos; Mucous aggregation; Mussel culture; Mytilus galloprovincialis

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; BIODIVERSITY; COASTAL ZONES; OCEAN HABITATS; OCEANOGRAPHY;

ADRIATIC SEA; BENTHOS; MUCOS AGGREGATION; MUSSEL CULTURE; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS;

AGGREGATES;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MACROBENTHOS; MUCILAGE; MUSSEL CULTURE; ZOOBENTHOS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; MACROBENTHOS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSSEL; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; SEASHORE;

ALGAE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; ECOSYSTEM; INVERTEBRATES; MARINE BIOLOGY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS;

EID: 28744439818     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.09.022     Document Type: Article

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