Spatial and temporal distribution patterns of the macrozoobenthos assemblage in the salt marshes of Tejo estuary (Portugal)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 587, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 225-239

  Salgado, João P ^a   Cabral, H N ^a   Costa, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Benthic invertebrates; Distribution patterns; Salt marsh; Tejo estuary

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; SURVEYS; VEGETATION;

BENTHIC INVERTEBRATES; DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; SALT MARSH; TEJO ESTUARY;

ESTUARIES;

BIOMASS; ELEVATION; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MACROINVERTEBRATE; SALTMARSH; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; ZOOBENTHOS;

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

ANNELIDA; ARTHROPODA; BIVALVIA; CRUSTACEA; HEXAPODA; HYDROBIA ULVAE; INVERTEBRATA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); OSTRACODA; SCROBICULARIA PLANA; SPARTINA; SPARTINA MARITIMA;

EID: 34250748405     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-007-0685-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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