Biomass production of early macrobenthic communities at the Faro/Ancão artificial reef (Portugal): Effect of depth and reef layer

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 83-92

  Moura, Ana ^a   Boaventura, Diana ^a,b,c   Cúrdia, João ^a   Santos, Miguel N ^a   Monteiro, Carlos C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DO MAR E DA ATMOSFERA   (Portugal)

^b Escola Superior de Educação João de Deus   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL REEF; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; DEPTH; MACROBENTHOS;

ALGARVE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ANOMIA EPHIPPIUM; BALANUS AMPHITRITE; BUGULA NERITINA;

EID: 32044473271     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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