Response of polychaete populations to disturbance: An evaluation of methods in hard substratum

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1066-1073

  Antoniadou, Chryssanthi ^a   Chintiroglou, Chariton ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aegean Sea; Biodiversity; Hard substratum; Organic pollution; Sublittoral

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DISTURBANCE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLYCHAETE;

AEGEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; THERMAIKOS GULF;

POLYCHAETA;

EID: 28644447559     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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