Long-term changes of epibenthic macrofauna communities in a closed lagoon (Taiaro Atoll, French Polynesia): 1972-1994

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 356, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 11-19

  Adjeroud, Mehdi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^b Centre de Biologie et d Ecologie Tropicale et Méditerranéenne   (French Polynesia)

Author keywords

Atolls; Coral reefs; French Polynesia; Macrobenthic; Temporal variation

Indexed keywords

ATOLL LAGOON; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; SPECIES COMPOSITION; ZOOBENTHOS;

FRENCH POLYNESIAN, TUAMOTU ARCHIPELAGO, TAIARO ATOLL;

BIVALVIA; CRASSOSTREA CUCULLATA; PINCTADA MACULATA;

EID: 0031563569     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1003052515305     Document Type: Review

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