Aliphatic hydrocarbon pollution and macrobenthic assemblages in Ceuta harbour: A multivariate approach

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 263, Issue , 2003, Pages 127-138

  Guerra Garcia J M ^a   Gonzalez Vila F J ^b   Garcia Gomez J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aliphatic hydrocarbon pollution; Ceuta harbour; Macrofauna; Maltenes:asphaltenes; Multivariate analysis

Indexed keywords

ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; HARBOR; MACROBENTHOS; MARINE POLLUTION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLLUTION EFFECT;

AFRICA; CEUTA; NORTH AFRICA;

AMPHIPODA; APSEUDES; APSEUDES LATREILLII; ARMIGER; BIVALVIA; CAPITATA; CAPITELLA; CAPITELLA CAPITATA; CARDIIDAE; COROPHIIDAE; COROPHIUM; COROPHIUM RUNCICORNE; COROPHIUM SEXTONAE; CRUSTACEA; JASMINEIRA; JASMINEIRA ELEGANS; LEPTOCHELIA; LEPTOCHELIA DUBIA; MOLLUSCA; NEREIS; NEREIS FALSA; PARIAMBUS TYPICUS; PARVICARDIUM; PARVICARDIUM EXIGUUM; POLYCHAETA; POTAMILLA; POTAMILLA RENIFORMIS; PSEUDOMALACOCEROS; PSEUDOMALACOCEROS TRIDENTATA; SCOLOPLOS; SCOLOPLOS ARMIGER; TANAIDACEA; TRIDENTATA;

EID: 0347659054     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps263127     Document Type: Article

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