Diversity patterns of benthic macrofauna caused by marine fish farming

Diversity

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 176-199

  Sanz Lázaro, Carlos ^a   Marín, Arnaldo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Abundance; Aquaculture; Benthic diversity; Biomass; Community structure; Ecosystem functioning; Functional diversity; Macrofauna; Organic enrichment; Pearson rosenberg model; Sediment metabolic capacity; Shannon wienner; Spatial and temporal patterns; Species richness

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE SYSTEM; BENTHOS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FAUNA; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; GUIDELINE; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TREND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84858616169     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14242818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/d3020176     Document Type: Review

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