Distribution of polychaete species (Annelida: Polychaeta) on the polluted soft substrate of the Golden Horn Estuary (Sea of Marmara), with special emphasis on alien species

Cahiers de Biologie Marine

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 11-17

  Çinar, Melih Ertan ^a   Balkis, Hüsamettin ^b   Albayrak, Serhat ^b   Dagli, Ertan ^a   Karhan, Selahattin Ünsal ^b  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Alien species; Golden horn estuary; Impact; Pollution; Polychaeta; Sea of marmara; Turkey

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; INVASIVE SPECIES; POLLUTION TOLERANCE; POLYCHAETE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SUBSTRATE; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

EURASIA; SEA OF MARMARA; TURKEY;

ANNELIDA; DESDEMONA ORNATA; FICOPOMATUS ENIGMATICUS; POLYCHAETA; POLYDORA CORNUTA; STREBLOSPIO GYNOBRANCHIATA;

EID: 64949127106     PISSN: 00079723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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