Conservation challenges in human dominated seascapes: The harbour and coast of Ravenna

Regional Studies in Marine Science

Volumn 8, Issue , 2016, Pages 308-318

  Airoldi, Laura ^a   Ponti, Massimo ^a   Abbiati, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Breakwater; Coastal lagoon; Contaminant; Green engineering; Italy; Non indigenous species; Northern Adriatic Sea

Indexed keywords

EID: 85013988028     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23524855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rsma.2015.11.003     Document Type: Article

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