Patterns in size and species diversity of benthic macroinvertebrates in mediterranean salt marshes

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 391, Issue , 2009, Pages 21-32

  Gascon S ^a   Boix, D ^a   Sala, J ^a   Quintana, X D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Abiotic factors; Benthos; Biomass size spectra; Biotic factors; Mixed effect models

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; BENTHOS; BIOMASS; DIVERSITY INDEX; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLOODING; MACROINVERTEBRATE; SALTMARSH; SIZE EFFECT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUCCESSION; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

EID: 70349762221     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08151     Document Type: Article

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