Pentapora fascialis (Pallas) [Cheilostomata: Ascophora] colonization of one sublittoral rocky site after sea-storm in the northwestern mediterranean

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 375-376, Issue , 1998, Pages 59-66

  Cocito, Silvia ^a   Ferdeghini, Francesca ^a   Sgorbini, Sergio ^a  

^a ENEA Marine Environment Research Centre   (Italy)

Author keywords

Colonization; Ligurian Sea; Pentaporafascialis; Recruitment; Storm; Temperate rocky reef

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; ENCRUSTING ORGANISM; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; INVERTEBRATE; ROCKY SHORE; STORM;

LIGURIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; TINO ISLAND;

BRYOZOA; PENTAPORA FASCIALIS;

EID: 7844245428     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-2864-5_5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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