Relationship between species richness and morphodynamics in sandy beaches: What are the underlying factors?

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 224, Issue , 2001, Pages 35-44

  Brazeiro, Alejandro ^a  

^a Unidad en Desarrollo de Ciencias del Mar   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Animal sediment relationships; Erosion; Macrofauna; Morphodynamic; Sandy beach; Species richness; Swash climate

Indexed keywords

BEACH EROSION; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MORPHODYNAMICS; SPECIES RICHNESS; WAVE RUNUP;

CHILE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0035915525     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps224035     Document Type: Article

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