The distribution of molluscan assemblages and their postmortem fate on coral reefs in the gulf of aqaba (northern red sea)

Marine Biology

Volumn 151, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2217-2230

  Zuschin, Martin ^a   Stachowitsch, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA; BIVALVIA; CHAMOIDEA; CORALLIOPHILA NERITOIDEA; CORNUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DENDROPOMA; DENDROPOMA MAXIMUM; DRUPELLA CORNUS; GASTROPODA; MILLEPORA; MOLLUSCA; OSTREOIDEA; PEDUM SPONDYLOIDEUM; SPONDYLIDAE;

EID: 34447251400     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-007-0656-6     Document Type: Article

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