The near-bottom layer as an ecological boundary in marine ecosystems: Diversity, taxonomic composition and community definitions

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 555, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 49-58

  Dauvin, Jean Claude ^a   Vallet, Carole ^a  

^a Laboratoire d Océanologie et de Géosciences   (France)

Author keywords

Benthic boundary layer; Ecocline; Ecological boundary; Near bottom community

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COASTAL ZONES; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; HYDRODYNAMICS; MARINE BIOLOGY; OCEAN HABITATS;

BENTHIC BOUNDARY LAYER; ECOCLINE; ECOLOGICAL BOUNDARY; NEAR-BOTTOM COMMUNITY;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BENTHIC BOUNDARY LAYER; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; SEINE ESTUARY; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; MUSTELA PUTORIUS FURO;

EID: 29344445867     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-005-1105-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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