Dynamics of macrofaunal body size in a deltaic environment

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 321, Issue , 2006, Pages 55-66

  Akoumianaki, Ioanna ^a,c   Papaspyrou, Sokratis ^b   Nicolaidou, Artemis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Allometry; Biomass; Coastal zone; Macrofauna; Respiration; Size spectra

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BIOMASS; BODY SIZE; DELTA; FAUNA; MACROECOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; RESPIRATION;

AEGEAN SEA; MALIAKOS GULF; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (EAST);

EID: 33749594735     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps321055     Document Type: Article

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