Assessment of benthic trophic status of marine coastal ecosystems: Significance of meiofaunal rare taxa

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 420-430

  Pusceddu, Antonio ^a   Bianchelli, Silvia ^a   Gambi, Cristina ^a   Danovaro, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Marine sediments; Mediterranean Sea; Meiofauna; Organic matter; Trophic status

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALGA; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; BENTHOS; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CARBOHYDRATE; CHLOROPHYLL; COAST; COASTAL ZONE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORRELATION; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EUTROPHICATION; LIPID; MARINE SEDIMENT; MEIOFAUNA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; POLYMER; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PROTEIN; RARE SPECIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY; TROPHIC STATUS; WATER DEPTH;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ALGAE;

EID: 79960219998     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2011.05.012     Document Type: Article

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