Composition, structure and energy flux of the meiobenthos off central Chile;Composición, estructura y flujo energético del meiobentos frente a Chile central

Revista Chilena de Historia Natural

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 401-415

  Sellanes, Javier ^a   Neira, Carlos ^b   Quiroga, Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b INTEGRATIVE OCEANOGRAPHY DIVISION   (United States)

Author keywords

Central Chile; El Ni o; Energetic flux; Meiofauna; Secondary production

Indexed keywords

COPEPODA; METAZOA; NEMATODA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 1042291496     PISSN: 0716078X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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