Meso-scale variability of coastal suprabenthic communities in the southern Tyrrhenian Sea (western Mediterranean)

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 351-360

  Fanelli, E ^a,b   Cartes, J E ^a   Badalamenti, F ^b   D'Anna, G ^b   Pipitone, C ^b   Azzurro, E ^c   Rumolo, P ^b   Sprovieri, M ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b CNR   (Italy)

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

Author keywords

Assemblage structure; Diversity; Spatial variability; Stable isotopes; Suprabenthos; Trawl ban

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPOD; BAY; BENTHOS; BIOMASS; CARBON ISOTOPE; COASTAL ZONE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MUDFLAT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRAWLING;

GULF OF CASTELLAMMARE; GULF OF TERMINI IMERESE; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SICILY; TYRRHENIAN SEA;

AMPHIPODA; CUMACEA; GAMMARIDEA;

EID: 78751574384     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2010.10.026     Document Type: Article

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