The macrozoobenthos of an important wintering area of the common scoter (Melanitta nigra)

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 243-251

  Degraer, Steven ^a   Vincx, Magda ^a   Meire, Patrick ^b   Offringa, Henk ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; SEDIMENT PROPERTY; ZOOBENTHOS;

BELGIUM;

ABRA ALBA; BARNEA CANDIDA; ECHINOCARDIUM CORDATUM; LANICE CONCHILEGA; MELANITTA NIGRA; MYTILUS EDULIS; NEPHTYS CIRROSA; TELLINA FABULA;

EID: 0032917031     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315498000277     Document Type: Article

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