Spatial variability and dynamics of macrobenthos in a Mediterranean delta front area: The role of physical processes

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 47-64

  Akoumianaki, Ioanna ^a   Nicolaidou, Artemis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aegean Sea; Deltaic deposits; Greece; Impact; Macrofauna; Maliakos Gulf; Mediterranean; Multivariate regression

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; DELTAIC SEDIMENTATION; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; MACROBENTHOS; PHYTOPLANKTON; RIVER DISCHARGE; SKEWNESS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

AEGEAN SEA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; MALIAKOS GULF; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPERCHEIOS RIVER; THESSALY;

CREEDIIDAE;

EID: 33845210970     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seares.2006.07.003     Document Type: Article

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