Effects of an artificial protection structure on the sandy shore macrofaunal community: The special case of Lido di Dante (Northern Adriatic Sea)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 586, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 277-290

  Bertasi, Fabio ^a   Colangelo, Marina A ^a   Abbiati, Marco ^a   Ceccherelli, Victor Ugo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adriatic Sea; Beach; Benthos; Breakwater; Community structure; Soft bottom

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; HYDRODYNAMICS; SEDIMENTS;

ABIOTIC VARIABLES; BIOTIC VARIABLES; COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; HYDRODYNAMIC PATTERNS;

BIODIVERSITY;

BEACH; BENTHOS; COASTAL STRUCTURE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SHORELINE; SOFT-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ADRIATIC SEA; EMILIA-ROMAGNA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LIDO DI DANTE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; RAVENNA [EMILIA-ROMAGNA]; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 34249086609     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-007-0701-y     Document Type: Article

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