Observations on macrobenthic invertebrates and wader bird assemblages in a protected marine mudflat in Bahrain

Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 450-456

  Al Sayed, Hashim ^a   Naser, Humood ^a   Al Wedaei, Khalil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAHRAIN   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

Bird disturbance; Macrobenthic assemblages; Macrobenthic monitoring

Indexed keywords

AVES; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 57349153588     PISSN: 14634988     EISSN: 15394077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14634980802515948     Document Type: Conference Paper

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