Assessment of site specific benthic impact of floating cage farming in the eastern Hios island, Eastern Aegean Sea, Greece

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 338, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 96-111

  Klaoudatos, S D ^a   Klaoudatos, D S ^a   Smith, J ^b   Bogdanos, K ^c   Papageorgiou, E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aegean Sea; Aquaculture; Benthos; Environmental impact

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BENTHOS; CAGE CULTURE; FLOATING STRUCTURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CHIOS; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; NORTHERN AEGEAN; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ASPIDOSIPHON MUELLERI; CAPITELLA CAPITATA; HYALINOECIA; NEANTHES DIVERSICOLOR; POLYCHAETA; SCOLELEPIS; SIPUNCULIDA;

EID: 33748594440     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2006.07.002     Document Type: Article

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