Macroinfaunal assemblages associated with mussel and clam beds in an estuary of southern Chile

Estuaries

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 62-74

  Quijón, Pedro ^a   Jaramillo, Eduardo ^a   Pino, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIVALVE BED; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECOLOGICAL DISTRIBUTION; INFAUNA; MACROINFAUNA; POLYCHAETE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CHILE, QUEULE ESTUARY;

PRIONOSPIO PATAGONICA;

EID: 0029667775     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1352652     Document Type: Article

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