Benthic assemblages in two Mediterranean caves: Species diversity and coverage as a function of abiotic parameters and geographic distance

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 557-572

  Martí, Ruth ^a   Uriz, Maria J ^a   Ballesteros, Enric ^a   Turon, Xavier ^b  

^a CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ORDINATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUBMARINE CAVE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA;

EID: 3042663086     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315404009567h     Document Type: Article

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