Distribution of abundance, biomass, production and productivity of macrozoobenthos in the sub-Antarctic Magellan Province (South America)

Polar Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 31-37

  Thatje, Sven ^a   Mutschke, Erika ^b  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE MAGALLANES   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SOUTH AMERICA;

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; PRODUCTIVITY; ZOOBENTHOS;

MAGELLAN STRAIT;

EID: 0033025906     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003000050387     Document Type: Article

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