The sea urchin Diadema antillarum Phillipi, 1845 influences the diversity and composition of the mobile mega-invertebrate community on rocky bottoms off the Canary Archipelago;El erizo de mar Diadema antillarum Phillipi, 1845 influye sobre la diversidad y composición de la comunidad de mega-invertebrados vágiles en fondos rocosos del Archipiélago Canario

Revista de Biologia Marina y Oceanografia

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 489-495

  Ortega, Leonor ^a   Tuya, Fernando ^b,c   Haroun, Ricardo J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Canary islands; Community ecology; Echinoderms

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; ECHINODERM; MACROINVERTEBRATE; POPULATION DENSITY; ROCKY SHORE; SHALLOW WATER; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (EAST); CANARY ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; MACARONESIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

DIADEMA ANTILLARUM; ECHINODERMATA; ECHINOIDEA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 70349799238     PISSN: 07173326     EISSN: 07181957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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