Tidal, diel and semi-lunar changes in the faunal assemblage of an intertidal salt marsh creek

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 56, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 795-805

  Hampel, Henrietta ^a   Cattrijsse, Andre ^b   Vincx, Magda ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b FLANDERS MARINE INSTITUTE VLIZ   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Diel; Migration; Salt marsh; Semi lunar cycle; Tidal

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DIEL VARIATION; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; LUNAR CYCLE; SALTMARSH; TIDAL CYCLE;

NETHERLANDS; WESTERSCHELDE ESTUARY;

AMPHIPODA; CALLOGOBIUS ATRATUS; CARCINUS MAENAS; COROPHIUM VOLUTATOR; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); MESOPODOPSIS; MESOPODOPSIS SLABBERI; MYSIDA; NEOMYSIS; NEOMYSIS INTEGER; PALAEMONETES; PALAEMONETES VARIANS; POMATOSCHISTUS; POMATOSCHISTUS MICROPS;

EID: 0037647384     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-7714(02)00296-2     Document Type: Article

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