Polychaete assemblages inhabiting intertidal soft bottoms associated with mangrove systems in Coiba National Park (East Pacific, Panama)

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 233-242

  López, Eduardo ^a   Cladera, Pedro ^a   San Martín, Guillermo ^a   Laborda, Antonio ^b   Aguado, M Teresa ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Community structure; Intertidal; Polychaeta; Tropical shores

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MANGROVE; POLYCHAETE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

PANAMA;

HALOPHILA; LAGUNCULARIA RACEMOSA; PELLICIERA RHIZOPHORAE; POLYCHAETA; RHIZOPHORA; RHIZOPHORA MANGLE;

EID: 0036622854     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020179830880     Document Type: Article

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