Species richness and distribution of benthic tidal flat fauna of the Banc d'Arguin, Mauritania

Oceanologica Acta

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 233-243

  Wijnsma, Gerard ^a   Wolff, Wim J ^a   Meijboom, André ^b   Duiven, Piet ^c   De Vlas, Jaap ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^d Ministry of Agriculture Nature and Food quality Netherlands   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Banc d'Arguin; Benthos; Diversity; Shorebirds

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; SPECIES RICHNESS; TIDAL FLAT; ZOOBENTHOS;

BANC D'ARGUIN; MAURITANIA;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 0033103246     PISSN: 03991784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0399-1784(99)80048-6     Document Type: Article

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