The presence of Melinna palmata (Annelida: Polychaeta) and Ensis directus (Mollusca: Bivalvia) related to sedimentary changes in the Bay of Seine (English Channel, France)

Cahiers de Biologie Marine

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 391-401

  Dauvin, Jean Claude ^a   Ruellet, Thierry ^a   Thiebaut, Eric ^b   Gentil, Franck ^b   Desroy, Nicolas ^c   Janson, Anne Laure ^d   Duhamel, Sylvain ^e   Jourde, Jérôme ^e   Simon, Serge ^e  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c IFREMER   (France)

^d MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^e Cellule du Suivi du Littoral Normand   (France)

Author keywords

Bay of Seine; English Channel; Ensis directus; Environmental disturbances; Invasive species; Melinna palmata; New records; Range expansion

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; BIVALVE; COLONIZATION; NEW RECORD; POLYCHAETE; RANGE EXPANSION;

BAY OF SEINE; ENGLISH CHANNEL; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANNELIDA; BIVALVIA; ENSIS DIRECTUS; MELINNA PALMATA; MOLLUSCA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 37549063023     PISSN: 00079723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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