Minireview: The importance of benthic-pelagic coupling and the forgotten role of life cycles in coastal aquatic systems

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 763-768

  Marcus, Nancy H ^a   Boero, Ferdinande ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC-PELAGIC COUPLING; COASTAL WATERS; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; LIFE CYCLE;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031696006     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1998.43.5.0763     Document Type: Article

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