Seafloor integrity down the harbor waterfront: the coralligenous shoals off Vado Ligure (NW Mediterranean)

Seafloor integrity down the harbor waterfront: the coralligenous shoals off Vado Ligure (NW Mediterranean)

In the last ten years, European Directives stressed the necessity to assess the ecological status of marine habitats by means of ecosystem or landscape indicators, rather than just species or chemical ones. In this paper, the seascape approach to characterise and assess the ecological quality of cor...

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Main Authors: Giulia Gatti, Monica Montefalcone, Alessio Rovere, Valeriano Parravicini, Carla Morri, Giancarlo Albertelli, Carlo Nike Bianchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2012-06-01
Series:Advances in Oceanography and Limnology
Subjects:
Seascape
coralligenous
ecological quality status
Rapid Visual Assessment technique
Mediterranean Sea
Online Access:http://pagepressjournals.org/index.php/aiol/article/view/5326

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