Circalittoral Macrobenthic Assemblages of Strymonikos Gulf (North Aegean Sea)  <B>Circalittoral Macrobenthic Assemblages of Strymonikos Gulf (North Aegean Sea)</B><P>COSTAS G. DOUNAS(1) & ATHANASIOS S. KOUKOURAS(2)</B><I><P> (1)</I><I><B> </B></I><I>Institute of Marine Biology of Crete, Box 2214, GR-71OO3 Iraklio, Crete, Greece. <BR> (2) Department of Zoology, University of Thessaloniki, Box 134, GR-54006 Thessaloniki, Greece.</I><B><P> Key words:</B> Benthic assemblages, soft bottom, circalittoral zone, Mediterranean, Aegean Sea.<B><P> Abstract. </B>Six macrobenthic assemblages of the circalittoral zone found in Strymonikos Gulf, North Aegean Sea, are described and compared with the corresponding ones from other Mediterranean and Atlantic areas. For the delimination of these assemblages and the evaluation of the major environmental gradients governing their distribution, several numerical techniques were used.<P> P.S.Z.N. 1: Marine Ecology, 13 (2); 85-99 (1992)<P>