Seasonal variability in the vertical distribution of benthic macrofauna and sedimentary organic matter in an Estuarine beach (NW Spain)

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 382-395

  Rodil, I F ^a   Cividanes, S ^a   Lastra, M ^a   Lopez J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biopolymeric carbon; Estuarine beaches; Food availability; Macroinfauna; NW Spain; Spatial and temporal patterns

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEACH; BENTHOS; BIOCHEMISTRY; CARBON; CHLOROPHYLL A; CRUSTACEAN; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FOOD AVAILABILITY; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; NUTRITIVE VALUE; ORGANIC MATTER; POLYCHAETE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REDOX POTENTIAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; ZOOBENTHOS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

CRUSTACEA; MOLLUSCA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 46249118668     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-007-9017-4     Document Type: Article

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