Effects of fish-farm biodeposition on periphyton assemblages on artificial substrates in the southern Tyrrhenian Sea (Gulf of Castellammare, Sicily)

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 575-581

  Mannino, Anna Maria ^a   Sara, Gianluca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Algal assemblage; Aquaculture impact; Dissolved nutrients; Fish farm waste

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; ARTIFICIAL SUBSTRATE; BROWN ALGA; CAGE CULTURE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISSOLVED MATTER; DOMINANCE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PERIPHYTON; RED ALGA;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GULF OF CASTELLAMMARE; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TYRRHENIAN SEA;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYCEAE; CHLOROPHYCEAE; CYANOBACTERIA; PHAEOPHYCEAE; RHODOPHYTA; ULVOPHYCEAE;

EID: 55949123389     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10452-007-9131-1     Document Type: Article

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