Anthropogenic disturbance can determine the magnitude of opportunistic species responses on marine urban infrastructures

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Airoldi, Laura ^a,b   Bulleri, Fabio ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CONSTRUCTION WORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; MACROALGA; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE OPPORTUNISTIC SPECIES; MARINE SPECIES; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; OYSTER; SEA POLLUTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES HABITAT; SPRING; SUMMER; URBANIZATION; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR; WINTER; ANIMAL; BIVALVE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; MARINE BIOLOGY;

OSTREIDAE;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; MARINE BIOLOGY; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 79961047392     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022985     Document Type: Article

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