Trophic structure and community composition of polychaetes inhabiting some Sabellaria alveolate (L.) reefs along the Valencia Gulf Coast, Western Mediterranean

Marine Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 583-602

  Porras, R ^a   Bataller, J V ^a   Murgui, E ^a   Torregrosa, M T ^a  

^a Ctro el Estud los Ecosistemas A   (Spain)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Feeding guilds; Habitat structure; Polychaeta; Sabellaria alveolaia reefs; Species richness; Trophic structure

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; REEF; REEF GROWTH; REEFS; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA, VALENCIA GULF;

POLYCHAETA; SABELLARIA ALVEOLATA;

EID: 0030427631     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.1996.tb00419.x     Document Type: Article

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