Heterogeneity of macrozoobenthic assemblages within a Zostera noltii seagrass bed: Diversity, abundance, biomass and structuring factors

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 111-123

  Blanchet, Hugues ^a   De Montaudouin, Xavier ^a   Lucas, Aurélien ^a   Chardy, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Arcachon bay; coastal lagoons; community composition; diversity; heterogeneity; macrofauna; seagrasses; Zostera

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; COASTAL LAGOON; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SEAGRASS; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AQUITAINE; ARCACHON BAY; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; GIRONDE; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANNELIDA; BIVALVIA; GASTROPODA; HALOPHILA; HYDROBIA; HYDROBIA ULVAE; MOLLUSCA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); RUDITAPES DECUSSATUS; RUDITAPES PHILIPPINARUM; VENERUPIS (RUDITAPES) DECUSSATUS; VENERUPIS (RUDITAPES) PHILIPPINARUM; ZOSTERA; ZOSTERA NOLTII;

EID: 4444283477     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2004.04.008     Document Type: Article

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