The population of Errina aspera (Hydrozoa: Stylasteridae) of the Messina Strait (Mediterranean Sea)

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1331-1336

  Salvati, Eva ^a   Angiolillo, Michela ^a   Bo, Marzia ^b   Bavestrello, Giorgio ^b   Giusti, Michela ^a   Cardinali, Andrea ^a   Puce, Stefania ^b   Spaggiari, Costanza ^b   Greco, Silvestro ^a   Canese, Simonepietro ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND RESEARCH ISPRA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Errina aspera; Messina Strait; ROV imaging; stylasterid; twilight zone

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; CORAL; GASTROPOD; LIMITING FACTOR; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLE; TAXONOMY; TWILIGHT;

ATLANTIC COAST [MOROCCO]; ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AFRICA]; ITALY; MOROCCO; STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR; STRAIT OF MESSINA;

ALGAE; EPIZOANTHUS; ERRINA ASPERA; GASTROPODA; HYDROZOA; LITHOTHAMNION PHILIPPII; OVULIDAE; PEDICULARIA; STYLASTERIDAE; ZOANTHIDAE;

EID: 77958485928     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315410000950     Document Type: Article

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