Short-term effects of experimental trampling on polychaetes of a rocky intertidal substratum (Asinara Island MPA, NW Mediterranean)

Scientia Marina

Volumn 70, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2006, Pages 179-186

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asinara Island; MPA; NW Mediterranean; Polychaetes

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BENTHOS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; MARINE PARK; POLYCHAETE; TRAMPLING; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

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

AMPHIGLENA MEDITERRANEA; FABRICIA STELLARIS; PLATYNEREIS DUMERILII; POLYCHAETA; POLYOPHTHALMUS PICTUS; SPHAEROSYLLIS TAYLORI; TYPOSYLLIS VARIEGATA;

EID: 34047101430     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/scimar.2006.70s3179     Document Type: Conference Paper

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