Analysis of macrobenthic communities at different taxonomic levels: An example from an estuarine environment in the Ligurian Sea (NW Mediterranean)

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 99-106

  De Biasi, Anna Maria ^a   Bianchi, Carlo Nike ^b   Morri, Carla ^b  

^a Vle N Sauro 4   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Estuary; Ligurian Sea; Macrobenthos; Mediterranean Sea; Taxonomic resolution; Taxonomic sufficiency

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ESTUARY; MACROBENTHOS; RESOLUTION; SAMPLING;

ITALY; LIGURIAN SEA; MAGRA ESTUARY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0242277201     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-7714(03)00063-5     Document Type: Article

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