Factors affecting the distribution of the amphipod Corophium volutator in two estuaries in South-east England

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 621-627

  Hughes, R G ^a   Gerdol, V ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

amensalism; dispersal behaviour; East Anglia; horizontal distribution; sediment

Indexed keywords

COROPHIUM VOLUTATOR; AMPHIPODA; NEREIS DIVERSICOLOR; POLYCHAETA;

DISPERSAL; DISTRIBUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; ESTUARINE ORGANISMS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TIDAL CYCLE;

UK, ENGLAND, ESSEX, BLACKWATER ESTUARY; UK, ENGLAND, ESSEX, CROUCH ESTUARY;

EID: 0031128678     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ecss.1996.0146     Document Type: Article

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