Response to oxygen deficiency (depletion): Bivalve assemblages as an indicator of ecosystem instability in the northern Adriatic Sea

Biologia

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1114-1126

  Nerlović, Vedrana ^a   Doğan, Alper ^b   Hrs Brenko, Mirjana ^a  

^a RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

bivalve assemblages; hypoxia; indicator species; northern Adriatic Sea; soft bottoms

Indexed keywords

BIVALVIA; CORBULA GIBBA; TIMOCLEA OVATA;

EID: 80155154248     PISSN: 00063088     EISSN: 13369563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11756-011-0121-3     Document Type: Article

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