Influence of environmental factors on the dynamics of macrobenthic crustaceans on soft-bottoms of the ebro delta continental shelf (northwestern mediterranean)

Scientia Marina

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 691-700

  de Juan, Silvia ^a   Cartes, Joan E ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Benthos; Mucilaginous aggregates; Muddy sediments; Peracarida; Spatial variations; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CRUSTACEAN; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MACROBENTHOS; ORGANIC MATTER; PHYTOPLANKTON; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRAWLING;

CATALONIA; EBRO DELTA; SPAIN; TARRAGONA [CATALONIA];

CARNIVORA; CRUSTACEA; PERACARIDA;

EID: 80855129690     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: 18868134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/scimar.2011.75n4691     Document Type: Article

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