Small-scale spatial and seasonal differences in the distribution of beach arthropods on the northwestern Tunisian coast. Are species evenly distributed along the shore?

Marine Biology

Volumn 140, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1001-1012

  Colombini, I ^a   Aloia, A ^b   Bouslama, M F ^c   ElGtari, M ^c   Fallaci, M ^b   Ronconi, L ^a   Scapini, F ^a   Chelazzi, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; BEACH; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TRANSECT;

TUNISIA;

AMPHIPODA; ARTHROPODA; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CRUSTACEA; INVERTEBRATA; ISOPODA; PHALERIA; PHYTOSUS; SALTATOR; SCARITES; SCARITES LAEVIGATUS; STAPHYLINIDAE; TALITRUS; TALITRUS SALTATOR; TALORCHESTIA BRITO; TENEBRIONIDAE; TYLOS; TYLOS EUROPAEUS;

EID: 0036933563     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-001-0771-8     Document Type: Article

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