Sublittoral megabenthos along cliffs of different profile (Aegean Sea, Eastern Mediterranean)

Belgian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 69-79

  Antoniadou, Chryssanthi ^a   Voultsiadou, Eleni ^a   Chintiroglou, Chariton ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aegean Sea; Hard substrate; Megabenthos; Population density; Spatial dispersion; Sublittoral

Indexed keywords

LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; ZOOBENTHOS;

AEGEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

AGELAS OROIDES; HALOCYNTHIA PAPILLOSA; LEPTOPSAMMIA PRUVOTI; MICROCOSMUS;

EID: 33744528549     PISSN: 07776276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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