Medium-term effects of die-off of rocky benthos in the Ligurian Sea. What can we learn from gorgonians?

Chemistry and Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages 73-82

  Cerrano, Carlo ^a   Bavestrello, Giorgio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cnidaria; Global warming; Growth form; Mass mortality; Octocorals; Porifera

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GLOBAL WARMING; GROWTH RATE; MASS MORTALITY;

LIGURIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; GORGONACEA; PORIFERA;

EID: 47349109655     PISSN: 02757540     EISSN: 10290370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02757540801979648     Document Type: Article

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