Molluscs associated with a subtidal Zostera marina L. bed in southern Spain: Linking seasonal changes of fauna and environmental variables

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 157-167

  Rueda, Jose L ^a   Salas, Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alboran Sea; diversity; dynamics; molluscs; seagrass

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIVALVE; CHLOROPHYLL A; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; LEAF AREA INDEX; SEAGRASS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHALLOW WATER; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; WATER COLUMN;

ALMERIA [ANDALUCIA]; ANDALUCIA; CANUELO BAY; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

BITTIUM RETICULATUM; BIVALVIA; CHAMELEA GALLINA; DOSINIA LUPINUS; GASTROPODA; JUJUBINUS STRIATUS; LUCINELLA DIVARICATA; MOLLUSCA; NASSARIUS PYGMAEUS; NASSARIUS RETICULATUS; SMARAGDIA VIRIDIS; SOLEMYA TOGATA; TELLINA; TELLINA FABULA; ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 45049083680     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2008.03.018     Document Type: Article

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