Small-spatial scale changes in productivity of suprabenthic and infaunal crustaceans at the continental shelf of Ebro Delta (western Mediterranean)

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 378, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 40-49

  Cartes, Joan E ^a   Ligas, Alessandro ^b   De Biasi, Anna Maria ^b   Pacciardi, Lorenzo ^b   Sartor, Paolo ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b Centro Interuniversitario di Biologia Marina ed Ecologia Applicata   (Italy)

Author keywords

Benthic boundary layer; Benthos; Ebro Delta; Environmental variables; Secondary production

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIOMASS; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CRUSTACEAN; DOMINANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SECONDARY PRODUCTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TROPHIC LEVEL;

CATALONIA; EBRO DELTA; EURASIA; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (WEST); SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; TARRAGONA [CATALONIA];

AMPELISCA; AMPHIPODA; CRUSTACEA; EUCARIDA; PERACARIDA;

EID: 69049093664     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2009.07.025     Document Type: Article

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