Macrobenthic biodiversity in intertidal habitats of the iroise biosphere reserve (Brittany, France)

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 311-323

  Hily, C ^a   Jean, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ASCOPHYLLUM; ASCOPHYLLUM NODOSUM; FUCUS; FUCUS SERRATUS; FUCUS SPIRALIS; FUCUS VESICULOSUS; HIMANTHALIA; HIMANTHALIA ELONGATA; PELVETIA; PELVETIA CANALICULATA; ZOSTERA MARINA;

INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; INTERTIDAL ZONE; MACROFAUNA; SPECIES DIVERSITY; ZOOBENTHOS;

FRANCE, BRITTANY, IROISE BIOSPHERE RESERVE;

EID: 0030617139     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0025315400071691     Document Type: Article

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