Distribution patterns of shallow water polychaetes (Annelida) along the coast of Alexandria, Egypt (eastern Mediterranean)

Mediterranean Marine Science

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 635-649

  Dorgham, M M ^a   Hamdy, R ^a   El Rashidy, H H ^a   Atta, M M ^a   Musco, L ^b  

^a Alexandria University Faculty Of Science   (Egypt)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Algal cover; Alien species; Hard bottom; Intertidal; Mediterranean Sea; Polychaeta; Sediment texture; Soft bottom

Indexed keywords

EID: 84913531890     PISSN: 1108393X     EISSN: 17916763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12681/mms.680     Document Type: Article

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