Assessment of soft-bottom polychaete assemblages in the Gulf of Lions (NW Mediterranean) based on a mesoscale survey

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 71, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 133-147

  Labrune, Céline ^a   Grémare, Antoine ^a   Amouroux, Jean Michel ^a   Sardá, Rafael ^a   Gil, João ^a   Taboada, Sergi ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

diversity; granulometry; Gulf of Lions; macrobenthos; Mediterranean; polychaete; Rh ne River inputs

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; GRANULOMETRY; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; POLYCHAETE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOFT-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GULF OF LION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; RHONE RIVER;

DITRUPA ARIETINA; LUMBRINERIDAE; LUMBRINERIS LATREILLI; POLYCHAETA; SERPULIDAE; STERNASPIDAE; STERNASPIS SCUTATA;

EID: 33845592985     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2006.07.007     Document Type: Article

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