Comparative study of the trophic structure of soft-bottom assemblages in the bay of blanes (Western Mediterranean Sea)

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 529-542

  Pinedo, Susana ^a   Sardá, Rafael ^a   Martin, Daniel ^a  

^a CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC INFAUNA; BENTHOS; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; INFAUNA; SOFT-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT; SOFT-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENTS; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

SPAIN, CATALONIA, BAY OF BLANES;

EID: 0030864992     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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