Zonation of macrofauna across sandy beaches and surf zones along the Dutch coast

Oceanologia

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 265-282

  Janssen, Gerard ^a   Mulder, Saskia ^a  

^a National Institute for Coastal and Marine Management RIKZ   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Beach; Macrobenthos; Sandy shore; Surf zone; Zonation

Indexed keywords

BEACH; MACROBENTHOS; SURF ZONE; ZONATION;

CRUSTACEA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 23744504626     PISSN: 00783234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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