Biodiversity of settled material in a sediment trap in the Gulf of Trieste (northern Adriatic Sea)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 580, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 57-75

  Cibic, Tamara ^a   Blasutto, Oriana ^b   Fonda Umani, Serena ^c  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

^b FVG   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Benthic diatoms; Biodiversity; Gulf of Trieste; Phytoplankton; Sediment trap

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CELLS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEDIMENTS; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

BENTHIC DIATOMS; GULF OF TRIESTE; SEDIMENT TRAP;

OCEAN HABITATS;

ABUNDANCE; BENTHIC FLUX; BENTHOS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; DIATOM; EPIPHYTE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PHYTOPLANKTON; RESUSPENSION; SEDIMENT TRAP; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SETTLING BEHAVIOR; SUCCESSION;

ADRIATIC SEA; GULF OF TRIESTE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHAETOCEROS; DINOPHYCEAE; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); NITZSCHIA SERIATA; PARALIA SULCATA; PSEUDO-NITZSCHIA SERIATA;

EID: 33947520428     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0465-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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