Short term impact of planktonic mucilage aggregates on macrobenthos along the Istrian rocky coast (Northern Adriatic, Croatia)

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 887-893

  Devescovi, Massimo ^a   Iveša, Ljiljana ^a  

^a RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Arca noae; Cystoseira; Mucilage; Northern Adriatic; Rocky bottom; Verongia aerophoba

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; AGGREGATES; COASTAL ZONES; GROWTH KINETICS; SURFACE PHENOMENA;

MUCILAGE; NORTHERN ADRIATIC; ROCKY BOTTOM; VERONGIA AEROPHOBA;

MICROORGANISMS;

BIOACCUMULATION; MACROBENTHOS; MUCILAGE; PLANKTON; POLLUTION EFFECT; ROCKY SHORE; SPONGE; SUBLETHAL EFFECT;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MACROALGA; MACROBENTHOS; MOLLUSC; NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PLANKTON; SEASHORE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUMMER;

ADHESIVES; ALGAE, BROWN; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; CROATIA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; MARINE BIOLOGY; NECROSIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; SEAWATER; TIME FACTORS;

ADRIATIC COAST [CROATIA]; CROATIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ISTRIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ARCA NOAE; CYSTOSEIRA; CYSTOSEIRA BARBATA; CYSTOSEIRA COMPRESSA; MOLLUSCA; VERONGIA AEROPHOBA;

EID: 34447095629     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2007.03.009     Document Type: Article

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