Community structure of benthic macroinvertebrates inhabiting a highly stratified Mediterranean estuary

Scientia Marina

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 577-584

  Nebra, Alfonso ^a   Caiola, Nuno ^a   Ibáñez, Carles ^a  

^a IRTA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Benthic macroinvertebrates; Community structure; Distribution patterns; Ebro estuary; Highly stratified estuary; Salt wedge

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; MACROINVERTEBRATE; POLYCHAETE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CATALONIA; EBRO ESTUARY; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SPAIN; TARRAGONA [CATALONIA];

POLYCHAETA;

EID: 79960787774     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: 18868134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/scimar.2011.75n3577     Document Type: Article

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