Fish-farm impact on metazoan meiofauna in the Mediterranean Sea: Analysis of regional vs. habitat effects

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 38-47

  Mirto, Simone ^a,b   Bianchelli, Silvia ^a   Gambi, Cristina ^a   Krzelj, Maja ^a,c   Pusceddu, Antonio ^a   Scopa, Mariaspina ^a   Holmer, Marianne ^d   Danovaro, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c Department of Marine Studies   (Croatia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Fish farm impact; Mediterranean Sea; Meiofauna; Posidonia oceanica; Soft sediments

Indexed keywords

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEIOFAUNA; POSIDONIA OCEANICA; SOFT SEDIMENTS;

BIODIVERSITY; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGY; FARMS; MARINE BIOLOGY; MEATS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTRUMENTS; PELLETIZING; RECREATIONAL FACILITIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

FISH;

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; EFFLUENT; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MARICULTURE; MARINE POLLUTION; MEIOFAUNA; METAZOAN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; SEAGRASS MEADOW; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EUTROPHICATION; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEIOFAUNA; METAZOON; NONHUMAN; PISCICULTURE; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SEAGRASS; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ALISMATIDAE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CARBOHYDRATES; CARBON; ECOSYSTEM; FISHERIES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INVERTEBRATES; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; POPULATION DENSITY; PROTEINS;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

METAZOA; POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 72549090110     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2009.07.005     Document Type: Article

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