Diel and seasonal variation of a molluscan taxocoenosis associated with a Zostera marina bed in southern Spain (Alboran Sea)

Helgoland Marine Research

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 227-240

  Rueda, Jose L ^a   Urra, Javier ^a   Salas, Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diversity; Mediterranean Sea; Nocturnal; Seagrass; Temporal dynamics

Indexed keywords

DIEL VARIATION; MOLLUSC; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SEAGRASS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ALBORAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

BITTIUM; CALLIOSTOMA; CEPHALOPODA; GASTROPODA; JUJUBINUS STRIATUS; MOLLUSCA; NASSARIUS; NASSARIUS PYGMAEUS; RISSOA; RISSOA MEMBRANACEA; SMARAGDIA VIRIDIS; ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 49749119525     PISSN: 1438387X     EISSN: 14383888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10152-008-0111-1     Document Type: Article

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