Relationships between community structure of the intertidal macroinfauna and sandy beach characteristics along the chilean coast

Marine Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 323-342

  Jaramillo, E ^a   Contreras, H ^a   Duarte, C ^a   Quijon, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Beach types; Chile; Community structure; Intertidal; Macroinfauna; Pacific Ocean; Sandy beaches

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEACH; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; SAND; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CHILE;

AMPHIPODA; CIROLANIDAE; CRUSTACEA; EMERITA ANALOGA; EXCIROLANA BRAZILIENSIS; EXCIROLANA HIRSUTICAUDA; ISOPODA; ORCHESTOIDEA; ORCHESTOIDEA TUBERCULATA; POLYCHAETA; TALITRIDAE;

EID: 0035659223     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0485.2001.01752.x     Document Type: Article

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