The limit of the sea: The bathyal fauna of the Levantine Sea

Scientia Marina

Volumn 68, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2004, Pages 63-72

  Galil, Bella S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Abundance; Amphipoda; Bathyal; Bathymetric distribution; Cumacea; Decapoda; Diversity; Fish; Levantine Sea; Mediterranean Sea; Mollusca; New records

Indexed keywords

BATHYAL ZONE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; POPULATION DENSITY; SAMPLING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

LEVANTINE SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (WEST); OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

AMPHIPODA; CRUSTACEA; CUMACEA; ECHINODERMATA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 15044341725     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/scimar.2004.68s363     Document Type: Article

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