Threats to macroalgal coralligenous assemblages in the Mediterranean Sea

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2623-2629

  Piazzi, Luigi ^a   Gennaro, Paola ^b   Balata, David ^c  

^a CIBM   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND RESEARCH ISPRA   (Italy)

^c Tenuta San Beda   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic stressors; Coralligenous habitat; Diversity; Macroalgal assemblages; Mediterranean Sea; Synergetic effects

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC STRESSORS; CORALLIGENOUS HABITAT; DIVERSITY; MACROALGAL ASSEMBLAGES; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SYNERGETIC EFFECT;

AQUACULTURE; MARINE POLLUTION;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BENTHOS; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; MACROALGA; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MICROALGA; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONTENT; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; EUTROPHICATION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SEAWEED; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; WATER POLLUTION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ALGAE;

EID: 84870237727     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.07.027     Document Type: Article

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