Macrobenthic biodiversity and sea floor landscape structure

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 366, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 198-203

  Zajac, Roman N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAVEN   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic habitat; Biodiversity; Landscape; Macrofauna; Sea floor; Soft sediment

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HETEROGENEITY; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; MACROBENTHOS; SEAFLOOR; SOFT-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EID: 54049103540     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2008.07.025     Document Type: Article

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