Patterns of variation of intertidal species of commercial interest in the Parque Litoral Norte (north Portugal) MPA: Comparison with three reference shores

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 77, Issue , 2012, Pages 60-70

  Bertocci, Iacopo ^a   Dominguez, Rula ^a   Freitas, Cristiano ^a   Sousa Pinto, Isabel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Management; MPAs; Mytilus galloprovincialis; Paracentrotus lividus; Portugal; Rocky intertidal; Spatial and temporal heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

MPAS; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; PARACENTROTUS LIVIDUS; PORTUGAL; ROCKY INTERTIDAL; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL HETEROGENEITY;

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MAMMALS; MANAGEMENT; MARINE BIOLOGY; SHELLFISH;

POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; ECHINODERM; HETEROGENEITY; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; MARINE PARK; PROTECTED AREA; SAMPLING; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY WEIGHT; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MUSSEL; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; NONHUMAN; PARACENTROTUS LIVIDUS; PORTUGAL; REPRODUCTION; SEA URCHIN; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; BODY SIZE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; GONADS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PORTUGAL; SEA URCHINS; TIME FACTORS;

PORTUGAL;

ECHINOIDEA; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; PARACENTROTUS LIVIDUS;

EID: 84860323052     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: 18790291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2012.02.003     Document Type: Article

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