%0 Journal Article
%T Brackish-water polychaetes, good descriptors of environmental changes in space and time
%A A. Giangrande
%A M.F. Gravina
%J -
%D 2015
%R DOI Code: 10.1285/i1825229Xv9n1p42
%X 1 - The aim of this study is to review the knowledge on the distribution of soft bottoms polychaete assemblage in Mediterranean brackish-waters. 2 - The Polychaete distribution of several biotopes located along the Tyrrhenian and Adriatic coast, which has been the object of authors¡¯ past studies, is reported and discussed. 3 -Polychaete species composition was used to identify patterns of distribution inside the same biotope and among different biotopes, as well as changes in time in the same biotope. 4 - Polychaetes was revealed good descriptors of biotope characteristics, reflecting a pattern similar to that arising from the examination of the entire benthic community. 5 - We propose the use of polychaete assemblage fearures in assessing the ecological quality status of brackish-water bodies. For this purpose a general model of species distribution is given
%K Polychates
%K brachishwaters
%K ecological indicators
%K organic enrichment
%K salinity
%K Mediterranean sea
%U http://siba-ese.unisalento.it/index.php/twb/article/view/15388