Biomass-size spectra in aquatic communities in shallow fluctuating Mediterranean salt marshes (Empordà wetlands, NE Spain)

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1149-1161

  Quintana, Xavier D ^a   Comín, Francisco A ^b   Moreno Amich, Ramon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SALTMARSH; SECONDARY PRODUCTION; SIZE SELECTION; TROPHIC STATUS;

CATALONIA; EMPORDA; SPAIN;

AMPHIPODA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036850238     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/plankt/24.11.1149     Document Type: Article

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