Bryozoan communities and thanatocoenoses from submarine caves in the plemmirio marine protected area (SE Sicily): Bryozoans from submarine caves

Lecture Notes in Earth System Sciences

Volumn 143, Issue , 2013, Pages 251-269

  Rosso, Antonietta ^a,b   Di Martino, Emanuela ^a,b   Sanfilippo, Rossana ^a,b   Di Martino, Vincenzo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b Consorzio Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare ^*  (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bryozoans; Hard soft bottoms; Mediterranean; Recent; Underwater caves

Indexed keywords

BRYOZOAN; FOSSIL; HARD-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT; PATCHINESS; PROTECTED AREA; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUBMARINE CAVE;

ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SICILY;

EID: 84962129979     PISSN: 21938571     EISSN: 2193858X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-16411-8_17     Document Type: Chapter

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