Polychaete fauna of seagrass beds (Halodule wrightii Ascherson) along the coast of Rio de Janeiro (Southeast Brazil)

Marine Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 273-288

  Omena, Elianne ^a,c   Creed, Joel C ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Inst de Biologia Roberto Alcantara   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Community structure; Halodule wrightii; Plant biomass; Plant features; Polychaeta; Southeast Brazilian Coast; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MARINE SEDIMENT; POLYCHAETE; SEAGRASS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

BRAZIL; RIO DE JANEIRO [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

FABRICIA; HALODULE; HALODULE WRIGHTII; HALOPHILA; MAGELONA; MAGELONA PAPILLICORNIS; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 11244294619     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2004.00031.x     Document Type: Article

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