Molluscan assemblages of seagrass-covered and bare intertidal flats on the Banc d'Arguin, Mauritania, in relation to characteristics of sediment and organic matter

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 255-263

  Honkoop, Pieter J C ^a   Berghuis, Eilke M ^a   Holthuijsen, Sander ^a   Lavaleye, Marc S S ^a   Piersma, Theunis ^a,b  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Benthic Assemblages; Mauritania; Molluscs; Phytopigments; Seagrass; Sediment; West Africa; Zostera noltii

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BARE SOIL; BENTHOS; BIOMASS; FEEDING GROUND; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MOLLUSC; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGANIC MATTER; SEAGRASS MEADOW; SEDIMENT; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT;

AFRICA; BANC D'ARGUIN NATIONAL PARK; MAURITANIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

ANADARA; ANADARA SIMILIS; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BIVALVIA; DOSINIA; GASTROPODA; HEPATICA; LORIPES LACTEUS; MOLLUSCA; ZOSTERA NOLTII;

EID: 56349085896     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seares.2008.10.001     Document Type: Article

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