Seasonality in macroinvertebrate community composition across a neglected ecological boundary, the freshwater-estuarine transition zone

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 211-216

  Rundle, S D ^a   Attrill, M J ^a   Arshad, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community analysis; Estuary; Macrofauna; Salinity gradient

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ECOTONE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; MACROINVERTEBRATE; ZOOBENTHOS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032470893     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009934828611     Document Type: Article

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