Relict sand dredging for beach nourishment in the central Tyrrhenian Sea (Italy): Effects on benthic assemblages

Marine Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue SUPPL.1, 2009, Pages 97-104

  La Porta, Barbara ^a   Targusi, Monica ^a   Lattanzi, Loretta ^a   La Valle, Paola ^a   Paganelli, Daniela ^a   Nicoletti, Luisa ^a  

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

Author keywords

Environmental monitoring; Macrozoobenthos; Mediterranean sea; Recolonisation process; Sand extraction

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEACH NOURISHMENT; BENTHOS; DREDGING; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MACROBENTHOS; RECOLONIZATION; SAND; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; TYRRHENIAN SEA;

EID: 78650682406     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: 14390485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2009.00321.x     Document Type: Article

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