Influence of stability and fragmentation of a worm-reef on benthic macrofauna

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 472-479

  Godet, Laurent ^a,b   Fournier, Jérôme ^c   Jaffré, Mikaël ^d   Desroy, Nicolas ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c Laboratoire de geographie physique et environnementale Clermont Ferrand   (France)

^d Laboratoire d Océanologie et de Géosciences   (France)

^e IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

Bay of the Mont Saint Michel; Fragmentation; Reefs; Stability; Tidal flats; Zoobenthos

Indexed keywords

BIOENGINEERING; BIOMASS; COASTAL ZONE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MACROBENTHOS; POLYCHAETE; REEF FORMATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; STABILIZATION; TIDAL FLAT; ZOOBENTHOS;

BASSE NORMANDIE; FRANCE; MANCHE; MONT SAINT MICHEL;

ANNELIDA; LANICE CONCHILEGA; POLYCHAETA; SIPUNCULUS NUDUS;

EID: 79955472269     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2011.02.003     Document Type: Article

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