Mediterranean lagoons revisited: Weakness and efficiency of the rapid biodiversity assessment techniques in a severely fluctuating environment

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2347-2359

  Arvanitidis, C ^a   Atzigeorgiou, G ^a   Koutsoubas, D ^b   Dounas, C ^a   Eleftheriou, A ^a   Koulouri, P ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Crustacea; Macrofauna; Mediterranean lagoons; Mollusca; Multivariate analysis; Polychaeta; Rapid assessment; Taxonomic distinctness

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CRUSTACEAN; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; LAGOON; MOLLUSC; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CRUSTACEA; MOLLUSCA; PARLATORIA ZIZIPHI; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 24944484401     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-004-1668-x     Document Type: Article

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