Community structure of caprellids (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Caprellidae) on seagrasses from southern Spain

Helgoland Marine Research

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 189-199

  Gonzalez A R ^a   Guerra Garcia J M ^a   Maestre, M J ^a   Ruiz Tabares, A ^a   Espinosa, F ^a   Gordillo, I ^a   Sanchez Moyano J E ^a   Garcia Gomez J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Caprellidae; Seagrasses; Southern Spain; Trawling

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPOD; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEAGRASS; TRAWLING;

ANDALUCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

AMPHIPODA; CAPRELLA ACANTHIFERA; CAPRELLIDA; CAPRELLIDAE; CRUSTACEA; CYMODOCEA NODOSA; PARIAMBUS TYPICUS; PHTISICA MARINA; PSEUDOPROTELLA PHASMA; ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 49749148100     PISSN: 1438387X     EISSN: 14383888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10152-008-0107-x     Document Type: Article

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