Recent innovations in marine biology

Marine Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue SUPPL.1, 2009, Pages 1-12

  Boero, Ferdinando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Chaos theory; Ecosystem; Functioning; Human pressure; Marine biology; Natural history.

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; AUTECOLOGY; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGY; CHAOS THEORY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INNOVATION; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; SAMPLING;

LEPTOSPIRA;

EID: 78049264544     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: 14390485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2009.00308.x     Document Type: Article

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