Diversity of benthic macrofauna in the eastern English Channel: Comparison among and within communities

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 265-282

  Sanvicente Añorve, Laura ^a,b   Leprêtre, Alain ^a   Davoult, Dominique ^c  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU LITTORAL CÔTE D OPALE   (France)

Author keywords

Benthos; Community structure; Diversity; English Channel; Spatial scales

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; SCALE EFFECT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; ZOOBENTHOS;

ENGLISH CHANNEL;

ABRA; ABRA ALBA; BIVALVIA; OPHELIA; OPHELIA BOREALIS; POLYCHAETA; SIGMOIDEA;

EID: 0036204549     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014583122765     Document Type: Article

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