Aspects of epizoobiontic mollusc assemblages on Pinna shells. II. Does the Mediterranean P. nobilis represent an isle of biodiversity?

Cahiers de Biologie Marine

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 161-173

  Cosentino, Andrea ^a   Giacobbe, Salvatore ^b  

^a Università di Messina ^*  (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Associated assemblages; Biogeography; Diversity; Mediterranean; Pinnidae

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CLADISTICS; MOLLUSC; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY;

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

ALGAE; BITTIUM RETICULATUM; BIVALVIA; GASTROPODA; GIBBULA; MOLLUSCA; PINNA (BIVALVE); PINNA NOBILIS; PINNIDAE; RISSOELLA (GASTROPOD);

EID: 48549101333     PISSN: 00079723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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