Structure and diversity of shallow soft-bottom benthic macrofauna in the Gulf of Lions (NW Mediterranean)

Helgoland Marine Research

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 201-214

  Labrune, Céline ^a,b   Grémare, Antoine ^a,b   Amouroux, Jean Michel ^b   Sardá, Rafael ^c   Gil, João ^c   Taboada, Sergi ^c  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Community structure; Diversity; Gulf of Lions; Macrobenthos; Surrogates

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MACROBENTHOS; SIMILARITY INDEX; SOFT-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

GULF OF LION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

CRUSTACEA; MOLLUSCA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 49749103639     PISSN: 1438387X     EISSN: 14383888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10152-008-0108-9     Document Type: Article

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