Macroinvertebrate communities in sediment and plants in coastal Mediterranean water bodies (Central Iberian Peninsula)

Annales de Limnologie

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 117-130

  Sahuquillo, M ^a   Poquet, J M ^a   Rueda, J ^a   Miracle, M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Macroinvertebrates; Mediterranean coastal ponds; Salinity

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COASTAL SEDIMENT; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; EUTROPHICATION; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; SALINITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPHIC CONDITIONS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ANNELIDA; ARTHROPODA; CHIRONOMIDAE; CRUSTACEA; EPHEMEROPTERA; GASTROPODA; HEXAPODA; ODONATA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 34447124473     PISSN: 00034088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/limn/2007018     Document Type: Article

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