Benthic fauna in tropical tidal flats - A comparative perspective

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 189-195

  Dittmann, Sabine ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR TROPICAL MARINE RESEARCH ZMT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benthic assemblages; Biogeographic comparison; Diversity; Macrobenthos; Spatial distribution; Species richness; Tidal flat; Tropics

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; MACROBENTHOS; MANGROVE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 0036622845     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020119512225     Document Type: Article

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