On the role of Posidonia oceanica beach wrack for macroinvertebrates of a Tyrrhenian sandy shore

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 32-44

  Colombini, Isabella ^a   Mateo, Miguel Ángel ^b   Serrano, Oscar ^b   Fallaci, Mario ^a   Gagnarli, Elena ^a   Serrano, Laura ^b   Chelazzi, Lorenzo ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Abundance; Mediterranean sandy beach; Multi isotopic analysis; Species succession; Wrack colonisation

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AMPHIPOD; COLONIZATION; DETRITIVORY; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HABITAT USE; ISOPOD; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MOISTURE CONTENT; ORGANIC MATTER; SESTON; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; STABLE ISOTOPE; SUCCESSION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

BURANO LAGOON; EURASIA; EUROPE; GROSSETO [TUSCANY]; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TUSCANY;

CRUSTACEA; DIPTERA; POSIDONIA OCEANICA; PSELAPHIDAE; STAPHYLINIDAE; TALITRUS SALTATOR; TENEBRIONIDAE; TYLOS EUROPAEUS;

EID: 58149134046     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2008.07.005     Document Type: Article

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