Ant predation on intertidal polychaetes in a SW atlantic estuary

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 253, Issue , 2003, Pages 165-173

  Palomo, Gabriela ^a   Martinetto, Paulina ^a   Perez, Claudio ^a   Iribarne, Oscar ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Fire ant; Polychaetes; Predation; Terrestrial marine interaction

Indexed keywords

ANT; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; POLYCHAETE; PREDATION; SOFT-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT;

ARGENTINA; BUENOS AIRES PROVINCE; MAR CHIQUITA LAGOON;

CHASMAGNATHUS GRANULATA; CORTADERIA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LAEONEREIS; LAEONEREIS ACUTA; PISCES; POACEAE; POLYCHAETA; SOLENOPSIS; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS RICHTERI;

EID: 0038377737     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps253165     Document Type: Article

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