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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/5226| Title: | The effects of a marine fish-farm on the species richness and abundance of molluscs, decapods and echinoderms associated with a "Posidonia oceanica" meadow in Malta (Central Mediterranean) |
| Authors: | Dimech, Mark Borg, Joseph A. Schembri, Patrick J. |
| Keywords: | Fish-farms -- Malta Invertebrates -- Malta Posidonia oceanica Pollution -- Malta Invertebrates -- Mediterranean Animals -- Malta |
| Issue Date: | 2000-01 |
| Publisher: | Societa Italiana di Biologia Marina (SIBM) |
| Citation: | Biologia Marina Mediterranea. 2000, Vol. 7(2), p.357-360 |
| Abstract: | The composition of the echinoderm, mollusc and decapod assemblages associated with a Posidonia oceanica meadow located close to a fish-farm varied with distance from the cages Three ecological zones were identified. The intermediate zone II (40-160m from the cages) had a higher species richness and abundance than either zones I (nearest the cages) and III (320m from the cages), probably due to the higher production resulting from a moderate level of nutrient enrichment at intermediate distances from the source of pollution. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/5226 |
| Appears in Collections: | Melitensia Works - ERCAgrAFA Scholarly Works - FacSciBio |
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