Is the north side of the strait of gibraltar more diverse than the south side? A case study using the intertidal peracarids (Crustacea: Malacostraca) associated to the seaweed Corallina elongata

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 387-397

  Guerra García, José M ^a   Cabezas, Pilar ^a   Baeza Rojano, Elena ^a   Espinosa, Free ^a   García Gómez, J Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biogeographical gradients; Caprellidea; Corallina elongata; Crustacea; Gammaridea; Intertidal; Isopoda; Peracarids; Species richness; Strait of Gibraltar; Tanaidacea

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CRUSTACEAN; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; ISOPOD; RED ALGA; SEAWEED; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR;

ALGAE; AMPITHOE; CAPRELLA GRANDIMANA; CAPRELLIDA; CAPRELLIDEA; CORALLINA ELONGATA; CRUSTACEA; GAMMARIDAE; GAMMARIDEA; HYALE STEBBINGI; ISCHYROMENE LACAZEI; ISOPODA; JASSA MARMORATA; MALACOSTRACA; PARHYALE; PERACARIDA; STENOTHOE MONOCULOIDES; TANAIDACEA; TANAIDAE; TANAIS;

EID: 69749125996     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315409002938     Document Type: Article

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