Food-web traits of protected and exploited areas of the Adriatic Sea

Biological Conservation

Volumn 143, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2182-2194

  Libralato, Simone ^a   Coll, Marta ^b,c   Tempesta, Milena ^d   Santojanni, Alberto ^e   Spoto, Maurizio ^d   Palomera, Isabel ^b   Arneri, Enrico ^e   Solidoro, Cosimo ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Riserva Naturale Marina di Miramare   (Italy)

^e CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adriatic Sea; Ecosystem functioning; Fishing effects; Marine protected areas; Mass balance model; Mediterranean Sea; Trophic structure

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; BIOMASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FISHING; FOOD WEB; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; INVERTEBRATE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE PARK; MASS BALANCE; OMNIVORY; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ADRIATIC SEA; FRIULI-VENEZIA GIULIA; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MIRAMARE MARINE PROTECTED AREA;

EID: 77955092353     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.06.002     Document Type: Article

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