Polychaete assemblages along a rocky shore on the South Adriatic coast (Mediterranean Sea): Patterns of spatial distribution

Marine Biology

Volumn 143, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1109-1116

  Giangrande, A ^a   Delos, A L ^a   Fraschetti, S ^a   Musco, L ^a   Licciano, M ^a   Terlizzi, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPTH; POLYCHAETE; ROCKY SHORE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

POLYCHAETA;

EID: 0348161405     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-003-1162-0     Document Type: Article

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