Benthic invertebrate communities of NW Rodos (Rhodes) Island (SE Aegean Sea) as related to hydrological regime and geographical location

Israel Journal of Zoology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 371-393

  Pancucci Papadopoulou, Maria Antonietta ^a   Simboura, Nomiki ^a   Zenetos, Argyro ^a   Thessalou Legaki, Maria ^b   Nicolaidou, Artemis ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

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COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; HYDRODYNAMICS; ZOOBENTHOS; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

GREECE;

EID: 0033387938     PISSN: 00212210     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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