Temporal variations in a tropical soft-bottom community, Venezuela

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 278-286

  Bone, David ^a   Klein, Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Macroinfauna; Multivariate analyses; Polychaeta; Soft bottom

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC INFAUNA; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; SOFT-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

VENEZUELA;

LUMBRINERIS TETRAURA; MAGELONA PETTIBONEAE; POLYCHAETA; PRIONOSPIO PYGMAEA; THARYX;

EID: 0034078873     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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