Polychaetes associated to a Cymodocea nodosa meadow in the Canary Islands: Assemblage structure, temporal variability and vertical distribution compared to other Mediterranean seagrass meadows

Marine Biology

Volumn 146, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 467-481

  Brito, M C ^a   Martin, D ^b   Nunez J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^b CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; POLYCHAETE; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY ISLANDS; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; MACARONESIA; OCEANIC REGIONS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

ARICIDEA; CYMODOCEA NODOSA; EXOGONE; HALOPHILA; PARAONIDAE; POLYCHAETA; RUPPIA CIRRHOSA; SPIONIDAE; STREPTOSYLLIS BIDENTATA; SYLLIDAE;

EID: 13844276097     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-004-1460-1     Document Type: Article

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