Is sandy beach macrofauna only physically controlled? Role of substrate and competition in isopods

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 453-462

  Defeo, O ^a,b,c   Brazeiro, A ^d   De Alava, A ^b   Riestra, G ^a  

^a Instituto Nacional de Pesca Montevideo   (Uruguay)

^b Unidad en Desarrollo de Ciencias del Mar   (Uruguay)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA APLICADA   (Mexico)

^d PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Competition; Habitat preference; Isopods; Sandy beach; Sediment preference; Uruguay

Indexed keywords

BEACHES; COMPETITION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MACROFAUNA; SANDY BEACH; SEDIMENT; SUBSTRATE PREFERENCE; SUBSTRATE PREFERENCES; ZOOBENTHOS;

URUGUAY;

ANIMALIA; CIROLANIDAE; EXCIROLANA ARMATA; EXCIROLANA BRAZILIENSIS; ISOPODA;

EID: 0031258257     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ecss.1996.0200     Document Type: Article

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