Effects of nutrient enrichment on macroalgal coralligenous assemblages

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1830-1835

  Piazzi, Luigi ^a   Gennaro, Paola ^b   Balata, David ^c  

^a CIBM   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND RESEARCH ISPRA   (Italy)

^c Tenuta San Beda   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coralligenous habitat; Macroalgae; Mediterranean Sea; Nutrients; Rocky subtidal; Successional stages

Indexed keywords

CORALLIGENOUS HABITAT; MACRO-ALGAE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; ROCKY SUBTIDAL; SUCCESSIONAL STAGES;

ECOSYSTEMS; EUTROPHICATION;

NUTRIENTS;

CORALLINE ALGA; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EUTROPHICATION; MACROALGA; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLLUTION EFFECT; SYNERGISM;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY SUCCESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; EUTROPHICATION; GLOBAL CHANGE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT QUALITY; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); MACROALGA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; NUTRIENT LOADING; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SPECIES HABITAT; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

EUTROPHICATION; FOOD CHAIN; MARINE BIOLOGY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEAWEED;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 79960395524     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.05.004     Document Type: Article

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