Changes in the composition and structure of a molluscan assemblage due to eelgrass loss in southern Spain (Alboran Sea)

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1319-1330

  Rueda, José L ^a   Marina, Pablo ^a   Urra, Javier ^a   Salas, Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alboran Sea; Changes; Composition; Eelgrass loss; Molluscan assemblage; Southern Spain; Structure

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BATHYMETRY; BIVALVE; EPIFAUNA; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; PERIPHYTON; SAMPLING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES EVENNESS; TRAWLING; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ALBORAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

BIVALVIA; CHAMELEA GALLINA; CYLICHNA; CYLICHNA CYLINDRACEA; GASTROPODA; JUJUBINUS STRIATUS; MOLLUSCA; NUCULA NITIDOSA; RISSOA; SMARAGDIA VIRIDIS; SOLEMYA TOGATA; SPISULA; SPISULA SUBTRUNCATA; TELLINA FABULA;

EID: 74149087313     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315409000289     Document Type: Article

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