Ecology of spionid polychaetes in the swash zone of exposed beaches in Tahiti (French Polynesia);ECOLOGIE DE POLYCHETES SPIONIDAE DANS LA ZONE DE DEFERLEMENT DES PLAGES BATTUES DE TAHITI (POLYNESIE FRANCAISE)

Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences - Serie III

Volumn 321, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 47-54

  Frouin, Patrick ^a   Hily, Christian ^b   Hutchings, Patricia ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b Universite de Bretagne Occidentale   (France)

^c AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Density; Exposed beach; Feeding activity; Polychaete; Spionidae

Indexed keywords

POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; SWASH ZONE;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CARNIVORE; DENSITY; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; POLYCHAETA; SAND; SEASHORE; SUSPENSION;

FRENCH POLYNESIA; SOCIETY ISLANDS; TAHITI;

ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA; POLYCHAETA; SCOLELEPIS; SPIONIDAE;

EID: 0031907782     PISSN: 07644469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0764-4469(97)89625-4     Document Type: Article

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