Ecology of Syllidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from shallow rocky environments in the Cantabrian Sea (South Bay of Biscay)

Scientia Marina

Volumn 70, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2006, Pages 225-235

  Serrano, Alberto ^a   San Martín, Guillermo ^b   López, Eduardo ^b  

^a INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Habitat complexity; Physical disturbance; Polychaeta; Redundancy analysis; Syllidae

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MACROBENTHOS; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; POLYCHAETE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF BISCAY;

ANNELIDA; CORALLINA; POLYCHAETA; SYLLIDAE; TYPOSYLLIS ARMILLARIS;

EID: 34047143796     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/scimar.2006.70s3225     Document Type: Conference Paper

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