Do small marinas drive habitat specific impacts? A case study from Mediterranean Sea

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 926-933

  Di Franco, Antonio ^a,b   Graziano, Mariagrazia ^a,c   Franzitta, Giulio ^a,d   Felline, Serena ^b   Chemello, Renato ^a   Milazzo, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Benthic assemblages; Coastal habitat; Impact; Marina; Mediterranean Sea; Vermetid reef

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC ASSEMBLAGES; COASTAL HABITAT; IMPACT; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; VERMETID REEF;

ECOSYSTEMS; REEFS;

MARINAS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BENTHOS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MARINA; ROCKY SHORE; SESSILE SPECIES;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COMMUNITY; SEASHORE; SESSILE SPECIES; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES HABITAT; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INVERTEBRATES; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEAWATER; SHIPS; WATER POLLUTION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

VERMETIDAE;

EID: 79955632702     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.02.053     Document Type: Article

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