Low biomass of macrobenthic fauna at a tropical mudflat: An effect of latitude?

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 869-875

  Purwoko, Agus ^a,b   Wolff, Wim J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b SRIWIJAYA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

biomass; Indonesia; intertidal fauna; macrobenthos; Sembilang; tropics

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; LATITUDE; MACROBENTHOS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MUDFLAT; SAMPLING;

ASIA; EURASIA; GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; INDONESIA; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; SEMBILANG PENINSULA; SOUTH SUMATRA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SUMATRA; SUNDA ISLES;

ANADARA; ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; TEGILLARCA GRANOSA;

EID: 38749101027     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.08.013     Document Type: Article

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