Spatial-temporal variability of epibenthic assemblages on subtidal biogenic reefs in the northern Adriatic Sea

Marine Biology

Volumn 158, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1447-1459

  Ponti, Massimo ^a   Fava, Federica ^a   Abbiati, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIOEROSION; BIOGENIC STRUCTURE; BIVALVE; CALCAREOUS ALGA; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; OUTCROP; PHOTOGRAPHY; REEF; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPONGE; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ALGAE; BIVALVIA; CLIONA VIRIDIS; GASTROCHAENA DUBIA; LITHOPHYLLUM STICTAEFORME; LITHOTHAMNION MINERVAE; PEYSSONNELIA POLYMORPHA; PIONA;

EID: 79959291021     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-011-1661-3     Document Type: Article

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