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Spatial and Temporal Patterns in Structure of Macrobenthic Assemblages. A Three‐Year Study in the Northern Adriatic Sea in Front of the Po River Delta
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机译：Spatial and Temporal Patterns in Structure of Macrobenthic Assemblages. A Three‐Year Study in the Northern Adriatic Sea in Front of the Po River Delta
Abstract.Coastal benthic communities in soft‐bottom deposits of a restricted area were studied by seasonal sampling at nine stations. Faunal assemblages at three different depths were consistently different and exhibited a seasonal pattern of abundance and diversity. Multivariate statistical analyses suggest that each community structure is very similar during the three summer samplings; in autumn and winter many causes of disturbance can disrupt this structure, which is reconstituted the following summer. The stability of benthic communities in this physically variable environment is discussed and a “cyclic” adjustment mechanism of stability is proposed to explain the dynamics of the benthos in this
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