Effect of depth and reef structure on early macrobenthic communities of the Algarve artificial reefs (southern Portugal)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 580, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 173-180

  Moura, A ^a   Boaventura, D ^b,c   Curdia J ^a   Carvalho, S ^a   Cancela Da Fonseca, L ^c,d   Leitao F M ^a   Santos, M N ^a   Monteiro, C C ^a  

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

^b Escola Superior de Educacao Joao de Deus   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Artificial reef; Benthos; Depth; Macrobenthic colonisation; Portugal

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; FISHERIES; REEFS;

ARTIFICIAL REEF; BENTHOS; MACROBENTHIC COLONISATION; PORTUGAL;

OCEAN HABITATS;

ARTIFICIAL REEF; BIOMASS; COLONIZATION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MACROBENTHOS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ALGARVE; ANCAO PENINSULA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FARO [PORTUGAL]; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ANOMIA EPHIPPIUM; BALANUS AMPHITRITE; BUGULA NERITINA; GREGARIELLA; JASSA MARMORATA; PALEANOTUS BELLIS; SYLLIDIA ARMATA; THORACICA;

EID: 33947526417     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0455-y     Document Type: Conference Paper

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