Effects of dissolved oxygen and fresh organic matter on the bioturbation potential of macrofauna in sublittoral sediments off Central Chile during the 1997/1998 El Nino

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 202, Issue , 2000, Pages 81-99

  Gutierrez, D ^a   Gallardo, V A ^a   Mayor, S ^a   Neira, C ^a   Vasquez, C ^a   Sellanes, J ^a   Rivas, M ^a   Soto, A ^a   Carrasco, F ^a   Baltazar, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

Benthos; Bioturbation potential; Central Chile; El Nino; Fresh organic matter; Hypoxia; Sublittoral; Vertical distribution

Indexed keywords

BAY; BIOTURBATION POTENTIAL; CHILE; CHLOROPHYLL A; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; MACROFAUNA; SEASONALITY; SEDIMENT; SULFIDE; WATER SAMPLING;

BIOTURBATION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; EL NINO; MACROBENTHOS; MARINE SEDIMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

CHILE; CONCEPCION;

EID: 0034726470     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps202081     Document Type: Article

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