Vertical distribution and seasonality of peracarid crustaceans associated with intertidal macroalgae

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 256-264

  Guerra Garcia J M ^a   Baeza Rojano, E ^a   Cabezas, M P ^a   Garcia Gomez J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Crustacea; Ecology; Intertidal; Peracarida; Seasonal fluctuations; Seaweeds

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEAN; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MACROALGA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEASONALITY; SEAWEED; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER TEMPERATURE;

STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR;

ALGAE; AMPHIPODA; CAPRELLA PENANTIS; CAULACANTHUS USTULATUS; CORALLINA ELONGATA; CRUSTACEA; DYNAMENE; GELIDIUM CORNEUM; HYALE STEBBINGI; ISCHYROMENE LACAZEI; ISOPODA; OSMUNDEA PINNATIFIDA; PERACARIDA; STENOTHOE MONOCULOIDES; TANAIDAE; VALONIA UTRICULARIS;

EID: 79951948854     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seares.2010.12.001     Document Type: Article

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