Spatio-temporal distribution of soft-bottom epibenthic fauna on the Cilician shelf (Turkey), Mediterranean Sea

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1919-1946

  Mutlu, Erhan ^a   Ergev, Mehmet Betil ^b  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Derinsu Underwater Engineering and Consulting Company   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cilician shelf; Distribution; Eastern Mediterranean Sea; Epifauna

Indexed keywords

ARNOGLOSSUS LATERNA; CONOMUREX PERSICUS; GONEPLAX RHOMBOIDES; MUREX; PARAPENAEUS LONGIROSTRIS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CLASSIFICATION; FISH; INVERTEBRATE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; FISHES; INVERTEBRATES; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TURKEY;

EID: 70349862416     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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