Abiotic and biotic links work two ways: Effects on the deposit at the cliff foot induced by mechanical action of date mussel harvesting (lithophaga lithophaga)

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 333-339

  Rovere, Alessio ^a   Bellati, Stefano ^a   Parravicini, Valeriano ^a   Firpo, Marco ^a   Morri, Carla ^a   Bianchi, Carlo Nike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abiotic biotic linkage; Biogeology; Cliff foot deposit; Coastal interdisciplinary research; Human influence; Mediterranean Sea

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIFF; HARVESTING; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MUSSEL CULTURE; SURVEY;

BERGEGGI ISLAND; CAPE NOLI; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LIGURIA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (NORTHWEST); SAVONA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

LITHOPHAGA; LITHOPHAGA LITHOPHAGA;

EID: 60449101488     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-008-9127-7     Document Type: Article

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