The sandy beach macrofauna of Gulf of Gabès (Tunisia)

Marine Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages 51-59

  Pérez Domingo, Silvia ^a   Castellanos, Carolina ^a   Junoy, Juan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Beach; Gulf of Gab s macrofauna; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

BEACH; COASTAL SEDIMENT; CRUSTACEAN; FAUNA; INSECT; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MOLLUSC; POLYCHAETE;

AFRICA; GULF OF GABES; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NORTH AFRICA; TUNISIA;

BATHYPOREIA GUILLIAMSONIANA; BIVALVIA; CRUSTACEA; DONAX TRUNCULUS; HEXAPODA; MOLLUSCA; POLYCHAETA; PSEUDOCARDIUM SACHALINENSIS; SCOLELEPIS MESNILI; SPIONIDA; TALITRUS SALTATOR;

EID: 44949120790     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: 14390485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2007.00201.x     Document Type: Article

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