Soft-bottom macrofaunal assemblages in the Gulf of Salerno, Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy, an area affected by the invasion of the seaweed Caulerpa racemosa var. cylindracea

Marine Ecology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 320-334

  Lorenti, Maurizio ^a   Gambi, Maria Cristina ^a   Guglielmo, Rosanna ^a   Patti, Francesco Paolo ^a   Scipione, Maria Beatrice ^a   Zupo, Valerio ^a   Buia, Maria Cristina ^a  

^a STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Caulerpa racemosa; Invasive species; Long term analysis; Macrofauna; Mediterranean Sea; Soft bottoms

Indexed keywords

ALGA; COLONIZATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; INTRODUCED SPECIES; INVASIVE SPECIES; SOFT-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

GULF OF SALERNO; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; TYRRHENIAN SEA;

ALGAE; BIVALVIA; CAULERPA; CAULERPA RACEMOSA; CAULERPA RACEMOSA F. CYLINDRACEA; CHLOROPHYTA; MOLLUSCA; NASSARIUS PYGMAEUS; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 79961020611     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: 14390485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2011.00472.x     Document Type: Article

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