Crustaceans distribution pattern on vertical cliffs in the North Aegean (Eastern Mediterranean)

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 726-732

  Chryssanthi, Antoniadou ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aegean Sea; Biodiversity; Crustacean; Hard substrate; Infralittoral

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIFF; CRUSTACEAN; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

AEGEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ALGAE; CRUSTACEA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 4644232017     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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