Trophic structure of macrobenthos in the Tagus estuary and adjacent coastal shelf

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 587, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 241-251

  Gaudêncio, Maria José ^a   Cabral, H N ^b  

^a INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DO MAR E DA ATMOSFERA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Coastal area; Contaminants; Environmental factors; Macrobenthic communities; Tagus estuary; Trophic structure

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COASTAL ZONES; DATA ACQUISITION; ESTUARIES; SALINE WATER; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

FILTER FEEDERS; FUNCTIONAL GUILD APPROACH; MACROBENTHOS; MULTIVARIATE ORDINATION TECHNIQUES; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; COASTAL ZONE; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; MACROBENTHOS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; LISBOA [PORTUGAL]; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TAGUS ESTUARY;

EID: 34250729020     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-007-0686-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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