Long-term changes in North Adriatic soft-bottom polychaete assemblages following a dystrophic crisis

Italian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 78, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages 304-316

  Mikac, B ^a   Musco, L ^b   Dakovac, T ^a   Giangrande, A ^b   Terlizzi, A ^b  

^a RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

anoxia; Long term biomonitoring; Northern Adriatic; Polychaeta; soft bottoms; taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ANOXIA; BENTHOS; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MASS MORTALITY; POLYCHAETE; SOFT-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

POLYCHAETA;

EID: 84859057486     PISSN: 11250003     EISSN: 17485851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11250003.2011.581043     Document Type: Article

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