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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/27837| Title: | Dispelling the ‘ecological desert’ perception of sandy beaches |
| Authors: | Deidun, Alan |
| Keywords: | Beaches -- Malta Littoral drift -- Malta Sedimentation and deposition Marine habitats -- Malta |
| Issue Date: | 2008 |
| Publisher: | Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning EU Network of Excellence |
| Citation: | Deidun, A. (2008). Dispelling the ‘ecological desert’ perception of sandy beaches. MARBEF Newsletter, 8, 30-32. |
| Abstract: | Pocket beaches are flanked on both sides by headlands which restrict the longshore transport of sediment (and possibly even of water-borne biota), such that pocket beaches are essentially isolated from each other, resulting in a high degree of inter-beach distinctiveness of macrofaunal assemblages. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/27837 |
| Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacSciGeo |
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