Seasonal variations of epilithic diatoms on different hard substrates, in the northern Adriatic Sea

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 649-658

  Totti, Cecilia ^a   Cucchiari, Emellina ^a   De Stefano, Mario ^b   Pennesi, Chiara ^a   Romagnoli, Tiziana ^a   Bavestrello, Giorgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARTIFICIAL SUBSTRATE; BIOMASS; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIATOM; DOMINANCE; EPILITHON; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 34249039248     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315407054665     Document Type: Article

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