Coralligenous habitat: Patterns of vertical distribution of macroalgal assemblages;Hátat coralógeno: Patrones de distribución vertical de conjuntos de macroalgas

Scientia Marina

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 399-406

  Piazzi, Luigi ^a   Balata, David ^b  

^a Centro Interuniversitario di Biologia Marina ed Ecologia Applicata   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Coralligenous habitat; Depth; Disturbance; Macroalgae; Mediterranean sea

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MACROALGA; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 79959263514     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: 18868134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/scimar.2011.75n2399     Document Type: Article

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