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Escaravage, V.; Herman, P.M.J.; Merckx, B.; Wlodarska-Kowalczuk, M.; Amouroux, J.M.; Degraer, S.; Grémare, A.; Heip, C.H.R.; Hummel, H.; Karakassis, I.; Labrune, C.; Willems, W. (2009). Distribution patterns of macrofaunal species diversity in subtidal soft sediments: biodiversity-productivity relationships from the MacroBen database. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 382: 253-264. dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps08008, more
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Degraer, S.; Verfaillie, E.; Willems, W.; Adriaens, E.; Vincx, M.; Van Lancker, V. (2008). Habitat suitability modelling as a mapping tool for macrobenthic communities: an example from the Belgian part of the North Sea. Cont. Shelf Res. 28(3): 369-379. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2007.09.001
Willems, W.; Goethals, P.; Van den Eynde, D.; Van Hoey, G.; Van Lancker, V.; Verfaillie, E.; Vincx, M.; Degraer, S. (2008). Where is the worm? Predictive modelling of the habitat preferences of the tube-building polychaete Lanice conchilega. Ecol. Model. 212(1-2): 74-79. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2007.10.017
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Willems, W.; Rees, H.; Vincx, M.; Goethals, P.; Degraer, S. (2007). The ICES North Sea Benthos Project 2000: Relations and interactions between environmental factors and biotic properties. CM Documents - ICES, CM 2007(A:08). ICES: Copenhagen. 1 pp.
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