Environmental factors influencing the surface activity and zonation of Tylos europaeus (Crustacea: Oniscidea) on a Tyrrhenian sandy beach

Marine Biology

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 751-763

  Fallaci, M ^a   Colombini, I ^a   Taiti, S ^a   Chelazzi, L ^a  

^a Ctro Stud per Faunistica ed E   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEA; ISOPODA; ONISCIDEA; TYLOS EUROPAEUS;

ACTIVITY PATTERN; ACTIVITY PATTERNS; ECOLOGICAL ZONATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; SANDY BEACH; SANDY BEACHES; ZONATION;

ITALY, VENETO, BURANO;

EID: 0029660416     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00349258     Document Type: Article

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