Effect of marine litter on the benthic megafauna of coastal soft bottoms: A manipulative field experiment

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 771-778

  Katsanevakis, Stelios ^a   Verriopoulos, George ^a   Nicolaidou, Artemis ^a   Thessalou Legaki, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Benthic megafauna; Coastal ecology; Greece; Litter; Marine debris; Plastics

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; MARINE BIOLOGY; PLASTICS;

BENTHIC MEGAFAUNA; COASTAL ECOLOGY; MARINE DEBRIS; SESSILE SPECIES;

WATER POLLUTION;

PLASTIC;

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; COASTAL ZONE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FIELD METHOD; LITTER; PLASTIC; POLLUTION EFFECT;

ARTICLE; BENTHIC FAUNA; CIONA INTESTINALIS; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRUSTACEA; DIVING; GREECE; LITTER DECOMPOSITION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE RESUSPENSION; PARTICLE SIZE; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SEA POLLUTION; SEA SURFACE WATERS; SEAGRASS; SESSILE SPECIES; SPONGE (PORIFERA);

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GREECE; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS;

AEGEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SARONICOS GULF;

EID: 34249713190     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2006.12.016     Document Type: Article

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