The relationship between benthic fauna, carbonate sediments and reef morphology in reef-flat tidal pools of Rocas Atoll (north-east Brazil)

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 425-432

  Netto, Sérgio A ^a   Attrill, Martin J ^b   Warwick, Richard M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE SEDIMENT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; REEF; ZOOBENTHOS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BRAZIL;

EID: 0037391467     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315403007288h     Document Type: Article

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