Human exclusion from rocky shores in a mediterranean marine protected area (MPA): An opportunity to investigate the effects of trampling

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 15-32

  Casu, Daniela ^a,b   Ceccherelli, Giulia ^b   Curini Galletti, Marco ^b   Castelli, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asinara island; Benthic invertebrates; Marine protected area; Mediterranean sea; Rocky shore; Trampling

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION ANALYSIS; MARINE BIOLOGY; SOCIAL ASPECTS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

ASINARA ISLAND; BENTHIC INVERTEBRATES; MARINE PROTECTED AREA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; ROCKY SHORE; TRAMPLING;

COASTAL ZONES;

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIVALVE; ECHINODERM; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; ISOPOD; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; NEMATODE; POPULATION DECLINE; PROTECTED AREA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ROCKY SHORE; TRAMPLING; ZOOBENTHOS;

ACARI; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIVALVE; ECHINODERM; HYPOTHESIS; INVERTEBRATE; ISOPODA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SEA POLLUTION; SEASHORE; TAXUS; TOURISM;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INVERTEBRATES; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RECREATION; WALKING;

ASINARA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SARDINIA; SASSARI; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ACARI; BIVALVIA; ECHINODERMATA; GAMMARIDAE; HARPACTICOIDA; INVERTEBRATA; ISOPODA; NEMATODA; TANAIDAE;

EID: 33744909347     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2006.02.004     Document Type: Article

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