Density and distribution patterns of the endangered species Pinna nobilis within a Posidonia oceanica meadow in the Gulf of Oristano (Italy)

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 885-894

  Coppa, S ^a,b   Guala, I ^b   De Lucia, G A ^a   Massaro, G ^c   Bressan, M ^d  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b International Marine Centre Onlus   (Italy)

^c Penisola Del Sinis Isola di Mal di Ventre MPA ^*  (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

edge effect; Gulf of Oristano; Marine Protected Areas; Pinna nobilis; population density; Posidonia oceanica meadow; spatial distribution; western Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIVALVE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; EDGE EFFECT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT TYPE; MARINE PARK; MEADOW; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

GULF OF ORISTANO; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

BIVALVIA; PINNA NOBILIS; POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 77958478646     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002531540999141X     Document Type: Article

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