Benthic communities along a littoral of the Central Adriatic Sea (Italy)

Helgoland Marine Research

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 101-115

  Semprucci, Federica ^a   Boi, Paola ^a   Manti, Anita ^a   Harriague, Anabella Covazzi ^b   Rocchi, Marco ^a   Colantoni, Paolo ^a   Papa, Stefano ^a   Balsamo, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adriatic Sea; Bacteria; Macrofauna; Meiofauna

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; BENTHOS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; MEIOFAUNA;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COPEPODA;

EID: 77952430974     PISSN: 1438387X     EISSN: 14383888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10152-009-0171-x     Document Type: Article

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