Seasonal changes in the epifaunal community on the shallow-water gorgonian Melithaea flabellifera

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1221-1222

  Kumagai, Naoki H ^a   Aoki, Masakazu N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; EPIFAUNA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHALLOW WATER;

ASIA; CHUBU; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; IZU PENINSULA; JAPAN; SHIZUOKA;

AMPHIPODA; ANTHOZOA; FLABELLIFERA; GORGONACEA; GORGONIA; MELITHAEA;

EID: 1042290221     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002531540300852X     Document Type: Review

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