Impacts of hydraulic dredging on a macrobenthic community of the Adriatic Sea, Italy

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 2076-2087

  Morello, E B ^a   Froglia, C ^a   Atkinson, R J A ^b   Moore, P G ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY MARINE BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DREDGING; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; SHELLFISH FISHERY; ZOOBENTHOS;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ABRA ALBA; BIVALVIA; CHAMELEA GALLINA; CRUSTACEA; LEPTOSPIRA; MOLLUSCA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 29144506992     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f05-122     Document Type: Article

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