Tidal flat macrofaunal communities and their associated environments in estuaries of southern California and northern Baja California, Mexico

Estuaries

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 97-114

  Talley, Theresa Sinicrope ^a   Dayton, Paul K ^a   Ibarra Obando, Silvia E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CtroInvestCientifica/EducSup   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ESTUARY; MACROFAUNA; MEXICO; SALINITY; SEDIMENT; TIDAL FLAT; UNITED STATES; ZOSTERA MARINA;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESTUARINE ORGANISM; MACROBENTHOS; TIDAL FLAT;

BAJA CALIFORNIA STATE; CALIFORNIA; MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; ANNELIDA; CAPITELLIDAE; CRUSTACEA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); POLYCHAETA; ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 0034094283     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1353228     Document Type: Article

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