Variability of benthic assemblages in relation to the hydrological pattern in Mediterranean salt marshes (Empordà wetlands, NE Iberian Peninsula)

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 163-181

  Gascon S ^a   Boix, D ^a   Sala, J ^a   Quintana, X D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Granulometry; Macroinvertebrates; Meiofauna; Salinity; Water permanence

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; HYDROLOGY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 22944470195     PISSN: 00039136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0003-9136/2005/0163-0163     Document Type: Article

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