A preliminary study of an eastern Mediterranean coastal ecosystem: Summer Resorts and Benthic ecosystems

Mediterranean Marine Science

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 41-50

  Reizopoulou, S ^a   Zenetos, A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Benthos; Biological diversity; Environmental degradation; Evvoikos gulf; Saronikos gulf

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846695727     PISSN: 1108393X     EISSN: 17916763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12681/mms.192     Document Type: Article

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