Latitudinal gradients in benthic community composition in Western Atlantic estuaries

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1007-1023

  Engle, Virginia ^a   Summers, Kevin ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic; Climate; Estuarine; Latitude; Province

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ESTUARY; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; MACROINVERTEBRATE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033403260     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.1999.00341.x     Document Type: Article

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