Distribution patterns and trophic structure of soft-bottom polychaete assemblages in a North-Western Mediterranean shallow-water bay

Ophelia

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-17

  Martin, Daniel ^a   Pinedo, Susana ^a   Sardá, Rafael ^a  

^a CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Distribution Patterns; Infaunal Polychaetes; North Western Mediterranean; Semi endosed Shallow Water Bay; Trophic Structure

Indexed keywords

BAY; BIOMASS; CARNIVORE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENT; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DENSITY; TROPHIC STRUCTURE; WATER SAMPLING;

POLYCHAETE; SOFT-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

ALFACS BAY; CATALONIA; SPAIN;

AMPHARETE ACUTIFRONS; CLYMENURA CLYPEATA; EUCLYMENE OERSTEDII; HETEROMASTUS FILIFORMIS; LUMBRINERIS LATREILLI; MASTOBRANCHUS TRINCHESII; MONTICELLINA HETEROCHAETA; NOTOMASTUS LATERICEUS; POLYCHAETA; PSEUDOMASTUS DELTAICUS; STREBLOSPIO SHRUBSOLII;

EID: 0033762401     PISSN: 00785326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00785326.2000.10409431     Document Type: Article

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