Spatial and temporal variations of meiofaunal communities in Cienfuegos Bay, Cuba;Variaciones espaciales y temporales de las comunidades de la meiofauna en la bahía de Cienfuegos, Cuba

Revista de Biologia Marina y Oceanografia

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 13-22

  Díaz Asencio, Lisbet ^a   Armenteros, Maickel ^b   Díaz Asencio, Misael ^a   Fernández Garcés, Raúl ^a   Gómez Batista, Miguel ^a   Alonso Hernández, Carlos ^a  

^a Centro de Estudios Ambientales de Cienfuegos   (Cuba)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAVANA   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Caribbean sea; Community structure; Spatial patterns

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; INTERSTITIAL ENVIRONMENT; MARINE SEDIMENT; MEIOFAUNA; ORGANIC MATTER; SALINITY; SILTY CLAY; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER COLUMN;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CARIBBEAN SEA; CIENFUEGOS; CIENFUEGOS BAY; CUBA; GREATER ANTILLES;

EID: 68249094622     PISSN: 07173326     EISSN: 07181957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0718-19572009000100002     Document Type: Article

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