Modern polychaete reefs in Western Mediterranean lagoons: Ficopomatus enigmatus (Fauvel) in the Albufera of Menorca, Balearic Islands

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 128, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 175-186

  Fornos J J ^a   Forteza, V ^a   Martinez Taberner A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Balearic Islands; bioherms; carbonates; lagoon; serpulid; temperate

Indexed keywords

FICOPOMATUS ENIGMATUS;

BIOHERM; BIOHERMS; CARBONATE; CARBONATES; FICOPOMATUS ENIGMATICUS; FICOPOTAMUS ENIGMATICUS; LAGOON; LAGOONS; POLYCHAETE; POLYCHAETE REEF; SERPULID;

SPAIN, BALEARIC ISLANDS, MINORCA, ALBUFERA;

EID: 0030620888     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(96)00045-4     Document Type: Article

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