Comparison of spatial overlap between the polychaetes Nereis virens and Nephtys caeca in two intertidal estuarine environments

Marine Biology

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 537-550

  Caron, A ^a   Desrosiers, G ^a   Miron, G ^b   Retiere C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEPHTYS CAECA; NEREIS VIRENS; POLYCHAETA;

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INTERSPECIFIC RELATIONSHIP; INTERSPECIFIC RELATIONSHIPS; INTERTIDAL ZONE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL OVERLAP;

CANADA, QUEBEC, ST LAWRENCE ESTUARY;

EID: 0029669667     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00351035     Document Type: Article

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