Benthic associations of the shelfbreak and upper slope off Ubatuba-SP, south-eastern Brazil

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 779-784

  Sumida, P Y G ^a,b   Pires Vanin, A M S ^a  

^a Cidade Universitaria   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benthos; Community; Distribution; Shelfbreak; South west Atlantic; Upper slope

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ANIMALIA;

BENTHIC COMMUNITY; BENTHOS; CALCAREOUS ALGAE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DISTRIBUTION; SHELF EDGE;

ATLANTIC, BRAZILIAN SHELF; ATLANTIC, BRAZILIAN SLOPE;

EID: 0031150331     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ecss.1996.0150     Document Type: Article

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