Spatial use of an equatorial coastal system (East Africa) by an arthropod community in relation to periodically varying environmental conditions

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 633-647

  Colombini, I ^a   Aloia, A ^a   Fallaci, M ^a   Pezzoli, G ^a   Chelazzi, L ^a  

^a Ecologia Tropicali Cons Naz Ric   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arthropods; Behavioural strategies; East Africa; Sandy beach; Zonation patterns

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HABITAT USE; INVERTEBRATE; ZONATION;

SAR UANLE; SOMALIA;

ARTHROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; SOMALIA;

EID: 0032213052     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ecss.1998.0374     Document Type: Article

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