The ecological restoration of the Tarquinia Salterns drives the temporal changes in the benthic community structure

Transitional Waters Bulletin

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 105-114

  Bellisario, B ^a   Novelli, C ^a   Cerfolli, F ^a   Angeletti, D ^a   Cimmaruta, R ^a   Nascetti, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Benthos; Ecological restoration; Solar saltern

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874510063     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1825229X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1285/i1825229Xv4n2p105     Document Type: Article

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