Epifauna living on sublittoral seaweeds around Cyprus

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 344, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 169-179

  Russo, Anthony R ^a,b  

^a Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources Cyprus   (Cyprus)

^b University of Hawaii Leeward Community College   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyprus; Epifauna; Seaweeds; Sublittoral

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EPIFAUNA; MACROALGAE; SEAWEED;

CYPRUS;

AMPHIPODA; BIVALVIA; CYSTOSEIRA BARBATA; JANIA RUBENS; LAURENCIA OBTUSA; PADINA PAVONICA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 0030618472     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1002970714963     Document Type: Article

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