Composition and diversity of the benthic boundary layer macrofauna from the English Channel

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 387-409

  Vallet, Carole ^a   Dauvin, Jean Claude ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Station Marine   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC BOUNDARY LAYER; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; ZOOBENTHOS;

ENGLISH CHANNEL;

AMPHIPODA; ANCHIALINA AGILIS; ANIMALIA; APHERUSA; CHACTOGNATHA; CHAETOGNATHA; CUMACEA; EUPHAUSIACEA; GASTROSACCUS; LETHRINIDAE; MYSIDACEA; MYSIDAE; STENOTHOE MARINA;

EID: 0031804378     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315400041527     Document Type: Article

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