Axial zonation patterns of subtidal macrozoobenthos in the gamtoos estuary, South Africa

Estuaries

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 680-696

  Schlacher, Thomas A ^a,b   Wooldridge, Tris H ^a  

^a NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PISCES; POLYCHAETA;

AXIAL ZONATION; AXIAL ZONATION PATTERNS; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEMS; ESTUARY; ZONATION PATTERN; ZOOBENTHOS;

SOUTH AFRICA, CAPE PROVINCE, GAMTOOS ESTUARY;

EID: 0029664191     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1352528     Document Type: Article

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