Coralligenous and maërl habitats: Predictive modelling to identify their spatial distributions across the mediterranean sea

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Martin, C S ^a,b   Giannoulaki, M ^a   De Leo, F ^c   Scardi, M ^d   Salomidi, M ^a   Knitweiss, L ^e   Pace, M L ^e   Garofalo, G ^f   Gristina, M ^f   Ballesteros, E ^g   Bavestrello, G ^h   Belluscio, A ⁱ   Cebrian, E ^g,j   Gerakaris, V ^a   Pergent, G ^k   Pergent Martini, C ^k   Schembri, P J ^e   Terribile, K ^e   Rizzo, L ^c   Ben Souissi, J ^l   Bonacorsi, M ^k   Guarnieri, G ^c   Krzelj, M ^m   Macic, V ⁿ   Punzo, E ^o   Valavanis, V ^a   Fraschetti, S ^c   more..

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^b UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME WORLD CONSERVATION MONITORING CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

^f CNR   (Italy)

^g CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

^h UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

ⁱ SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^k UNIVERSITÉ DE CORSE   (France)

^l INSTITUT NATIONAL AGRONOMIQUE DE TUNISIE   (Tunisia)

^m Department of Marine Studies   (Croatia)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF MONTENEGRO   (Montenegro)

^o INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCES   (Italy)

more..

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EID: 84901465602     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep05073     Document Type: Article

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