How ecosystems adapt to face disruptive impact? the case of a commercial harbor benthic community

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 24, Issue , 2013, Pages 431-438

  Vassallo, P ^a   Paoli, C ^a   Schiavon, G ^a   Albertelli, G ^a   Fabiano, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ascendency; Average mutual information; Ecopath; Exergy; Voltri harbor; VOR

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION STRATEGIES; ASCENDENCY; AVERAGE MUTUAL INFORMATION; BENTHIC COMMUNITIES; COMPLEX STRUCTURE; ECOLOGICAL STATE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECOPATH; SYSTEM METRICS; VOR;

CULTIVATION; EXERGY;

ECOLOGY;

BENTHOS; DISTURBANCE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EXERGY; HARBOR; THERMODYNAMICS;

ITALY;

EID: 84864802214     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2012.07.021     Document Type: Article

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