Space-time variations in macrobenthic fauna of a sandy beach, related to changes in the beach profile and sediment grain size, at el pelícano beach, Baja California;Variaciones espaciotemporales de la fauna macrobentónica de una playa arenosa y su relación con los cambios del perfil de playa y el tamaño de grano de los sedimentos, en playa el pelícano, Baja California

Ciencias Marinas

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 419-434

  Cupul Magaña, Luis Antonio ^a   Téllez Duarte, Miguel Agustin ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Beach profile; Ecology; Gulf of California; Paleoecology; Sediment

Indexed keywords

GASTROPODA; IODES; NASSARIUS IODES;

BEACH; BEACH PROFILE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GRAIN SIZE; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY;

MEXICO, BAJA CALIFORNIA NORTE STATE, EL PELICANO BEACH;

EID: 0031433655     PISSN: 01853880     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7773/cm.v23i4.828     Document Type: Article

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