The structure of mediterranean rocky reef ecosystems across environmental and human gradients, and conservation implications

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Sala, Enric ^a,b   Ballesteros, Enric ^b   Dendrinos, Panagiotis ^c   Di Franco, Antonio ^d   Ferretti, Francesco ^e   Foley, David ^f,g   Fraschetti, Simonetta ^d   Friedlander, Alan ^h   Garrabou, Joaquim ⁱ   Güçlüsoy, Harun ^j,k   Guidetti, Paolo ^d   Halpern, Benjamin S ^l   Hereu, Bernat ^m   Karamanlidis, Alexandros A ^c   Kizilkaya, Zafer ^k   Macpherson, Enrique ^b   Mangialajo, Luisa ⁿ   Mariani, Simone ^b   Micheli, Fiorenza ^e   Pais, Antonio ^o   Riser, Kristin ^p   Rosenberg, Andrew A ^q   Sales, Marta ^r   Selkoe, Kimberly A ^l   Starr, Rick ^p,s   Tomas, Fiona ^b   Zabala, Mikel ^m   more..

^a NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY   (United States)

^b CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

^c MOm/Hellenic Society for the Study and Protection of the Monk Seal   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NOAA SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

ⁱ INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^j DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^k SAD EKOG   (Turkey)

^l NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

ⁿ UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^o UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^p UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^q Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Science and Oceans   (United States)

^r Centro Oceanográfico de Baleares   (Spain)

^s MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAL COMMUNITY; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISH; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HABITAT STRUCTURE; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); MARINE BIOLOGY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION (BIOMASS); SEA URCHIN; SPECIES HABITAT; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INVERTEBRATE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ALGAE; PARLATORIA ZIZIPHI;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BIOMASS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CORAL REEFS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FISHES; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INVERTEBRATES; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 84857670891     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032742     Document Type: Article

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