Density, size structure, shell orientation and epibiontic colonization of the fan mussel Pinna nobilis L. 1758 (Mollusca: Bivalvia) in three contrasting habitats in an estuarine area of Sardinia (W Mediterranean)

Scientia Marina

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 143-152

  Addis, Piero ^a   Secci, Marco ^a   Brundu, Gianni ^a   Manunza, Andrea ^a   Corrias, Stefano ^a   Cau, Angelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bivalvia; Endangered species; Epibiosis; Pinna nobilis; Population density; Sardinia; Size distribution; Western Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; COLONIZATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EPIBIONT; EPIBIOSIS; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GULF OF ORISTANO; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SARDINIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ALGAE; BIVALVIA; CYMODOCEA NODOSA; MOLLUSCA; OSTREA EDULIS; OSTREIDAE; PINNA NOBILIS; POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 67649509697     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: 18868134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/scimar.2009.73n1143     Document Type: Article

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