Hard coastal-defence structures as habitats for native and exotic rocky-bottom species

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 395-403

  Vaselli, Stefano ^a,b   Bulleri, Fabio ^b   Benedetti Cecchi, Lisandro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Artificial habitats; Biological invasions; Caulerpa racemosa; Coastal zone; Coastal defence; Codium fragile ssp. tomentosoides; Wave exposure

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BREAKWATERS; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES;

ARTIFICIAL HABITATS; BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS; CAULERPA RACEMOSA; COASTAL EROSION; COASTAL ZONE; COASTAL-DEFENCE; CODIUM FRAGILE; CODIUM FRAGILE SSP. TOMENTOSOIDES; FILAMENTOUS ALGAE; MACRO-ALGAE; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; NON-INDIGENOUS; REGIONAL SCALES; SOFT-BOTTOM; TEMPORAL STABILITIES; TUSCANY; WAVE-EXPOSURE; WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN;

OCEAN HABITATS;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIVALVE; BREAKWATER; COASTAL EROSION; COASTAL PROTECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FILAMENTOUS ALGA; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITAT CONSERVATION; MICROALGA; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARTICLE; CAULERPA; CAULERPA RACEMOSA; COASTAL WATERS; CODIUM FRAGILE; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; CORALLINA ELONGATA; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MACROALGA; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE SPECIES; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; RED ALGA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION DENSITY; TIME FACTORS; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (NORTHWEST); SOUTHERN EUROPE; TUSCANY;

ALGAE; CAULERPA RACEMOSA; CODIUM FRAGILE; CORALLINA ELONGATA; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS;

EID: 52949110537     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2008.06.002     Document Type: Article

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