Spatial patterns and seasonality in the epibenthic communities of the Westerschelde (Southern Bight of the North Sea)

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 27-36

  Hostens, K ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; ICHTHYOFAUNA; MACROINVERTEBRATE; SEASONALITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; ZOOBENTHOS;

NETHERLANDS;

CRANGON CRANGON;

EID: 0034101376     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315499001538     Document Type: Article

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