Distribution of soft-bottom polychaetes of the Levantine coast of Turkey, eastern Mediterranean Sea

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 79, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 23-35

  Mutlu, Erhan ^a   Çinar, Melih Ertan ^b   Ergev, Mehmet Betil ^c  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Derinsu Underwater Engineering and Consulting Company   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Benthos; Biodiversity; Ecology; Levantine Sea; Polychaetes; Quantitative distribution

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; DEEP WATER; DEPTH GRADIENT; EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA; GRAIN SIZE; INDEX VALUES; INTERMEDIATE ZONE; LEVANTINE SEA; POLYCHAETA; POLYCHAETES; QUANTITATIVE DISTRIBUTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHALLOW WATERS; SOFT-BOTTOM; SPECIES RICHNESS; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TURKISHS; WARM SEASONS;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; LANDFORMS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ORGANIC CARBON;

ABUNDANCE INDEX; ANNELID; BENTHOS; BIODIVERSITY; COASTAL ZONE; GRAIN SIZE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHALLOW WATER; SHELF SEA; SPECIES RICHNESS;

LEVANTINE SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

POLYCHAETA;

EID: 70449529502     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2009.06.003     Document Type: Article

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