Urbanization effects on shoreline phytobenthos: A multiscale approach at lake extent

Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 17-28

  Spitale, Daniel ^a   Scalfi, Alessia ^a   Cantonati, Marco ^a,b  

^a MUSE Museo delle Scienze   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic disturbances; Lake Garda; Littoral; Macroalgae; Microheterogeneity; Spatial scales; Temporal scales

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HETEROGENEITY; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; MACROALGA; PHYTOBENTHOS; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SHORELINE; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION; URBANIZATION;

ITALY; LAKE GARDA;

EID: 84891661393     PISSN: 10151621     EISSN: 14209055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00027-013-0307-6     Document Type: Article

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