Spatial patterns of biodiversity in the Black Sea: An assessment using benthic polychaetes

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 165-174

  Surugiu, Victor ^a   Revkov, Nikolai ^b   Todorova, Valentina ^c   Papageorgiou, Nafsika ^d   Valavanis, Vasilis ^e   Arvanitidis, Christos ^e  

^a ALEXANDRU IOAN CUZA UNIVERSITY OF IASI   (Romania)

^b A O KOVALEVSKY INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY OF THE SOUTHERN SEAS OF RAS   (Russian Federation)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Bulgaria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^e INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

biodiversity; biogeographical sectors; Black Sea; polychaetes; salinity gradients; taxonomic distinctness; zoogeocline

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FOOD AVAILABILITY; INVASIBILITY; POLYCHAETE; QUATERNARY; SALINITY; SEMIENCLOSED SEA; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES INVENTORY; TAXONOMY; ZOOGEOGRAPHICAL REGION;

ANATOLIA; BLACK SEA; BOSPORUS STRAIT; SEA OF AZOV; SEA OF MARMARA; TURKEY;

INVERTEBRATA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 77953134052     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2010.03.012     Document Type: Article

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