Aspects of epizoobiontic mollusc assemblages on Pinna shells. I. Composition and structure

Cahiers de Biologie Marine

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 187-197

  Cosentino, Andrea ^a   Giacobbe, Salvatore ^b  

^a Università di Messina ^*  (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Associated assemblages; Mediterranean; Mollusc epizoites; Multi species patterns; Pinnidae

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MOLLUSC; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; STRAIT OF MESSINA;

ALGAE; MOLLUSCA; PINNA (BIVALVE); PINNA NOBILIS; PINNA RUDIS; PINNIDAE;

EID: 34347340665     PISSN: 00079723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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