Reprint of "Deep epibenthic communities in two contrasting areas of the Balearic Islands (western Mediterranean)"

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 138, Issue , 2014, Pages 182-193

  Ramón, Montserrat ^a,b   Abelló, Pere ^b   Ordines, Francesc ^a   Massutí, Enric ^a  

^a Centro Oceanográfico de Baleares   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Macrofaunal assemblages; Marine environment; Mediterranean; Multivariate analysis

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; OCEANOGRAPHY;

ARISTEUS ANTENNATUS; DECAPOD CRUSTACEANS; MACROFAUNAL ASSEMBLAGES; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEDITERRANEAN; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; OCEANOGRAPHIC CONDITIONS; WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN;

FISHERIES;

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; BIOGEOGRAPHICAL REGION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHRIMP FISHERY; TRAWLING; WATER DEPTH;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (WEST); SPAIN;

ARISTEUS ANTENNATUS; BOREOMYSIS ARCTICA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GAIDROPSARUS BISCAYENSIS; MUNIDA TENUIMANA; PISCES; PLESIONIKA HETEROCARPUS; PROCESSA; PROCESSA CANALICULATA;

EID: 84906787934     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2014.04.004     Document Type: Article

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