Long-term changes in hydroid (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) assemblages: Effect of Mediterranean warming?

Marine Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 313-326

  Puce, Stefania ^a   Bavestrello, Giorgio ^a   Di Camillo, Cristina Gioia ^a   Boero, Ferdinando ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Benthic assemblages; Cnidaria; Global warming; Hydrozoa; Marine hydroids; Mediterranean Sea

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; GLOBAL WARMING; LONG-TERM CHANGE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; HYDROIDA; HYDROZOA;

EID: 68549099876     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: 14390485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2009.00283.x     Document Type: Article

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