Polycliaete distribution, diversity and seasonality related to seagrass cover in shallow soft bottoms of the Tyrrhenian Sea (Italy)

Scientia Marina

Volumn 62, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 1-17

  Gambi, Maria Cristina ^a   Conti, Gabriella ^a   Bremec, Claudia S ^b  

^a Laboratorio di Ecologia del Benthos   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DESARROLLO PESQUERO INIDEP   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Cymodocea nodosa; Distribution; Diversity; Mediterranean Sea; Polychaeta; Seagrass; Seasonality; Soft bottoms; Zostera noltii

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001807414     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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