Soft-bottom macrozoobenthos of the southern part of the Gulf of Trieste: Faunistic, biocoenotic and ecological survey

Acta Adriatica

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 203-216

  Mavrič, Borut ^a   Orlando Bonaca, Martina ^a   Bettoso, Nicola ^b   Lipej, Lovrenc ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Slovenia)

^b Department and Laboratory of Trieste   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biocoenoses; Ecological aspects; Gulf of Trieste; Macrozoobenthos; Soft bottom

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AUTECOLOGY; BIOCOENOSIS; DIVERSITY INDEX; FAUNA; MACROBENTHOS; SOFT-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES RICHNESS; ZOOBENTHOS;

ADRIATIC SEA; GULF OF TRIESTE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ANIMALIA; CAPITELLA CAPITATA; CORBULA GIBBA; HETEROMASTUS FILIFORMIS; LUMBRINERIS GRACILIS; TELLINA;

EID: 79952133202     PISSN: 00015113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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