Relationship between macrobenthos and physical habitat characters in tidal flat in eastern Seto Inland Sea, Japan

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 57, Issue 1-5, 2008, Pages 142-148

  Otani, Sosuke ^a   Kozuki, Yasunori ^a   Kurata, Kengo ^b   Ueda, Kaori ^a   Nakai, Shigefumi ^a   Murakami, Hitoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Classification; Macrobenthos; Physical characteristics; Sediment; Seto Inland Sea; Tidal flat

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COASTAL ZONES; PARTICLE SIZE; SEDIMENTS;

MACROBENTHOS; PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; SETO INLAND SEA; TIDAL FLAT;

TIDES;

CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ELEVATION; INLAND SEA; MACROBENTHOS; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; PREDICTION; SEDIMENT PROPERTY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TIDAL FLAT;

ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HABITAT; JAPAN; MACROBENTHOS; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; SEA; SEDIMENT;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INVERTEBRATES; JAPAN; OCEANS AND SEAS; PARTICLE SIZE; WATER MOVEMENTS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; SETO INLAND SEA;

EID: 46549090175     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2007.10.010     Document Type: Article

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