Bioecological study of the benthic communities on the soft bottom of the Vlora Gulf (Albania)

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn , Issue SPEC.ISSUE 58, 2011, Pages 95-105

  Maiorano, Porzia ^a   Mastrototaro, Francesco ^a   Beqiraj, Sajmir ^b   Costantino, Gaetano ^a   Kashta, Lefter ^b   Gherardi, Miriam ^a   Sion, Letizia ^a   D'Ambrosio, Paolo ^c   Carlucci, Roberto ^a   D'Onghia, Gianfranco ^a   Tursi, Angelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TIRANA   (Albania)

^c MPA Porto Cesareo   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adriatic Sea; benthic communities; biocoenotic map; biodiversity; Mediterranean Sea

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BENTHOS; BIOCOENOSIS; BIODIVERSITY; COASTAL ZONE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECHO SOUNDER; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HABITAT TYPE; INVERTEBRATE; MAPPING METHOD; MULTIBEAM SONAR; SOFT-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SURVEY; TAXONOMY;

ADRIATIC SEA; ALBANIA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; VLORA;

ANNELIDA; BRYOZOA; CNIDARIA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ECHINODERMATA; FORAMINIFERA; HEMICHORDATA; MOLLUSCA; NEMERTEA; POSIDONIA OCEANICA; SIPUNCULA; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 79251614791     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/SI-58-9     Document Type: Article

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