The colonisation of human-made structures by the invasive alga Codium fragile ssp. tomentosoides in the north Adriatic Sea (NE Mediterranean)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 555, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 263-269

  Bulleri, Fabio ^a,b   Abbiati, Marco ^a,b   Airoldi, Laura ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento di Biologia Evoluzionistica Sperimentale   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adriatic Sea; Codium fragile; Human made structures; Invasive species; Wave exposure

Indexed keywords

ADRIATIC SEA; CODIUM FRAGILE; HUMAN-MADE STRUCTURES; INVASIVE SPECIES; WAVE-EXPOSURE;

BIOMASS; BREAKWATERS; COASTAL ZONES; MARINE BIOLOGY; OCEAN STRUCTURES; PIERS; PILES; STRATEGIC MATERIALS;

ALGAE;

BIODIVERSITY; COASTAL DEVELOPMENT; COLONIZATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; MANMADE STRUCTURE;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; CODIUM FRAGILE; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 29344438021     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-005-1122-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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