Benthic assemblages on artificial reefs in the northwestern Adriatic Sea: Does structure type and age matter?

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 104, Issue , 2015, Pages 10-19

  Ponti, Massimo ^a   Fava, Federica ^a,b   Perlini, Rossella Angela ^a,b   Giovanardi, Otello ^c   Abbiati, Marco ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Fondazione Flaminia Per l'Università in Romagna   (Italy)

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

^d CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Artificial habitats; Benthic assemblages; Bio construction; Coastal structures; Exotic species; Fouling organisms; Temporal variability

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE SLABS; FISHERIES;

ARTIFICIAL HABITATS; BENTHIC ASSEMBLAGES; COASTAL STRUCTURES; EXOTIC SPECIES; FOULING ORGANISMS; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

REEFS;

ARTIFICIAL REEF; BENTHOS; COASTAL STRUCTURE; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FOULING ORGANISM; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SUCCESSION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AGE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL REEF; BENTHOS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; SEA; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SPECIES DOMINANCE; ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENT; INVERTEBRATE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PHYSIOLOGY; SEDIMENT;

ADRIATIC SEA; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PO DELTA; VENETO;

MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENT; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INVERTEBRATES; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; POPULATION DENSITY;

EID: 84922749824     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: 18790291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2014.12.004     Document Type: Article

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