Shallow rocky bottom benthic assemblages as calcium carbonate producers in the Alboran Sea (southwestern Mediterranean)

Oceanologica Acta

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 311-322

  Cebrián, Emma ^a   Ballesteros, Enric ^a   Canals, Miquel ^b  

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

^b Dept d'Estratigrafia I P ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Benthic assemblages; Calcium carbonate; Mediterranean Sea; Production; Rocky bottoms

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; CALCIUM CARBONATE; SHALLOW WATER;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0033934119     PISSN: 03991784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0399-1784(00)00131-6     Document Type: Article

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