Species Composition and Functional Traits of Macrofauna in Different Mangrove Habitats in the Persian Gulf

Macrofauna play a key role in the functioning of mangrove ecosystems. Nevertheless, our understanding of the diversity and functional structure of macrofaunal communities across different habitats in the mangrove forests of the Persian Gulf is limited. In this study, we investigated species diversit...

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Main Authors: Parima Hajializadeh, Mohsen Safaie, Reza Naderloo, Mehdi Ghodrati Shojaei, Johanna Gammal, Anna Villnäs, Alf Norkko
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmars.2020.575480/full