Seafloor integrity down the harbor waterfront: The coralligenous shoals off Vado Ligure (NW Mediterranean)

Advances in Oceanography and Limnology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 51-67

  Gatti, Giulia ^a   Montefalcone, Monica ^a   Rovere, Alessio ^a   Parravicini, Valeriano ^a,b   Morri, Carla ^a   Albertelli, Giancarlo ^a   Nike Bianchi, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

coralligenous; ecological quality status; Mediterranean Sea; Rapid Visual Assessment technique; seascape

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COASTAL ZONE; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CORAL REEF; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; HARBOR; OPTIMIZATION; ROCKY SHORE; SEAFLOOR;

ITALY; LIGURIA; SAVONA; VADO LIGURE;

EID: 84888837431     PISSN: 19475721     EISSN: 1947573X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19475721.2012.671190     Document Type: Article

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