Wanted dead or alive: High diversity of macroinvertebrates associated with living and 'dead' Posidonia oceanica matte

Marine Biology

Volumn 149, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 667-677

  Borg, J A ^a,b   Rowden, A A ^a,c   Attrill, M J ^a   Schembri, P J ^b   Jones, M B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPOD; CANOPY; ENDEMIC SPECIES; HABITAT CONSERVATION; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLYCHAETE; SEAGRASS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; MALTA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MELLIEHA BAY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

AMPHIPODA; LEPTOCHEIRUS; MAERA GROSSIMANA; NEREIS RAVA; POLYCHAETA; POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 33745198943     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-006-0250-3     Document Type: Article

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