Spatial and seasonal variability of the macro-invertebrate community of a rocky coast in Mallorca (Balearic Islands): Implications for bioerosion

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 501, Issue , 2003, Pages 13-21

  Palmer, M ^a,b   Fornos J J ^a   Balaguer, P ^a   Gomez Pujol Ll ^a   Pons, G X ^a   Villanueva, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bioerosion; Grazing macroinvertebrates; Intertidal zonation; Mallorca Island (Western Mediterranean); Rocky coast; Vertical gradient

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CATCHMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EROSION; LITHOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY;

BIOEROSION; MICROMORPHOLOGY;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

BIOEROSION; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; MAJORCA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ALGAE; INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDOCHITONA; LEPIDOCHITONA CORRUGATA; LITTORINA; MONODONTA; MONODONTA TURBINATA; PATELLA RUSTICA;

EID: 0345411834     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026216230109     Document Type: Article

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