Effects of temporal variation of the seaweed Caulerpa prolifera cover on the associated crustacean community

Marine Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 324-337

  Sánchez Moyano, Juan Emilio ^a   García asencio, Isabel ^a   García gómez, José Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Algal cover; Epifauna; Habitat complexity; Infauna; Southern Spain; Taxonomic distinctness

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CRUSTACEAN; EPIFAUNA; SEAWEED; TAXONOMY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ALGAE; AMPHIPODA; CAULERPA; CAULERPA PROLIFERA; CRUSTACEA; TANAIDACEA;

EID: 34249788138     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: 14390485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2006.00141.x     Document Type: Article

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