Ecology of Syllidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from northern Cyprus (eastern Mediterranean Sea)

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 795-811

  Çinar, Melih Ertan ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DEPTH; POLYCHAETE; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SUBSTRATE;

ASIA; CYPRUS; EURASIA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (EAST); MIDDLE EAST;

ALGAE; ANNELIDA; EUSYLLIS; INVERTEBRATA; POLYCHAETA; POSIDONIA; POSIDONIA OCEANICA; SPHAEROSYLLIS; SYLLIDAE; SYLLIS;

EID: 0344064812     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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