Variation of a sandy beach macrobenthic community along a human-induced environmental gradient

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 58, Issue SUPPL., 2003, Pages 17-24

  Lercari, Diego ^a   Defeo, Omar ^a,b  

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

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA APLICADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Intertidal; Macrofauna; Sandy beach; Uruguay

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEACH; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MACROBENTHOS;

URUGUAY;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS; CORONILLA; DONAX HANLEYANUS; EMERITA; EMERITA BRASILIENSIS; EXCIROLANA; EXCIROLANA ARMATA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; ISOPODA; POLYCHAETA; SCOLELEPIS; SCOLELEPIS GAUCHA;

EID: 0242490798     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-7714(03)00043-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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