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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
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