The structure of the benthic macrofauna collected across a transect at the central chile shelf and relationships with giant sulfur bacteria Thioploca spp. mats

Cahiers de Biologie Marine

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 195-202

  Carrasco, Franklin D ^a   Gallardo, Víctor A ^a   Baltazar, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

Chile; Community structure; Diversity; Dominance; Shelf macrobenthos; Thioploca bacteria

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; ZOOBENTHOS;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

PARAPRIONOSPIO PINNATA; POLYCHAETA; THIOPLOCA;

EID: 0032728642     PISSN: 00079723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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