Effects of unplanned development on marine biodiversity: A lesson from Albania (central Mediterranean Sea)

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn , Issue SPEC.ISSUE 58, 2011, Pages 106-115

  Fraschetti, Simonetta ^a   Terlizzi, Antonio ^a   Guarnieri, Giuseppe ^a   Pizzolante, Fausto ^a   D'Ambrosio, Paolo ^b   Maiorano, Porzia ^c   Beqiraj, Saimir ^d   Boero, Ferdinando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^b Marine Protected Area of Porto Cesareo   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TIRANA   (Albania)

Author keywords

Albania; Biodiversity; Cystoseira; habitat fragmentation; habitat mapping; human impacts; Posidonia oceanica; rocky assemblages

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIVALVE; COASTAL ZONE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT TYPE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MACROALGA; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEAGRASS; SEDIMENTATION; SHALLOW WATER; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRAWLING;

ALBANIA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

CYSTOSEIRA; LITHOPHAGA; POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 79251629193     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/si_58_10     Document Type: Article

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