Macrofaunal density, biomass and composition of estuarine sediments and their relationship to the river plume of the Rhone River (NW Mediterranean)

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 367-376

  Hermand, Rachel ^a   Salen Picard, Chantal ^a   Alliot, Elisabeth ^a   Degiovanni, Claude ^a  

^a STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

Author keywords

benthic macrofauna; dilution plume; organic enrichment NW Mediterranean Sea; terrestrial inputs

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONTINENTAL SHELF; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ORGANIC MATTER; POPULATION DENSITY; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER PLUME; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUCCESSION; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (NORTHWEST); RHONE DELTA; RHONE RIVER; WESTERN EUROPE;

CAPITELLIDA; LUMBRINERIDAE; SPIONIDA; STERNASPIDAE;

EID: 49049102494     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2008.04.010     Document Type: Article

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