The meiofaunal community structure of a Mediterranean lagoon (Gialova lagoon, Ionian Sea)

Helgoland Marine Research

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 7-17

  McArthur, Victoria E ^a   Koutsoubas, Drosos ^a   Lampadariou, Nikolaos ^a   Dounas, Costas ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Coastal lagoons; Eastern Mediterranean; Ionian Sea; Meiobenthos; Population structure and dynamics

Indexed keywords

COASTAL LAGOON; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MEIOFAUNA;

GIALOVA LAGOON; GREECE; IONIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0034125190     PISSN: 1438387X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s101520050031     Document Type: Article

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