Depth and temporal distribution of vagile fauna associated with Posidonia oceanica meadows in Cap Zebib, north-eastern Tunisian coastline

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 459-470

  Belgacem, Walid ^a   Langar, Habib ^b   Ben Hassine, Oum Kalthoum ^a  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL DES SCIENCES ET TECHNOLOGIES DE LA MER   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Depth and temporal distribution; Plant features; Posidonia oceanica; Tunisia; Vagile macro invertebrates

Indexed keywords

COAST; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; INVERTEBRATE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEADOW; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEAGRASS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

TUNISIA;

CRUSTACEA; ELASMOPUS RAPAX; INVERTEBRATA; LEPTOCHEIRUS PILOSUS; LYSIANASSA; MOLLUSCA; POLYCHAETA; POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 81955162994     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2011.01278.x     Document Type: Article

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