Soft bottom macrobenthic assemblages off Santa Marta, Caribbean Coast of Colombia

Caribbean Journal of Science

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 176-186

  Guzmán Alvis, Angela I ^a   Díaz, Juan M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS Y COSTERAS INVEMAR   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MACROBENTHOS; SOFT BOTTOM COMMUNITY; SOFT BOTTOM MACROBENTHOS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER DEPTH; ZOOBENTHOS;

CARIBBEAN SEA, SANTA MARTA SHELF;

EID: 0030467364     PISSN: 00086452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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