Composition, structure and zonation of intertidal macroinfauna in relation to physical factors in microtidal sandy beaches in Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil

Scientia Marina

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 393-402

  Veloso, Valéria Gomes ^a   Caetano, Carlos Henrique Soares ^a   Cardoso, Ricardo Silva ^a  

^a Universidade do Rio de Janeiro   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Macroinfauna; Morphodynamics; Sandy beaches; Zonation

Indexed keywords

BEACH; BENTHIC INFAUNA; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOLOGICAL ZONATION; GRAIN SIZE; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; MORPHODYNAMICS;

BRAZIL; RIO DE JANEIRO [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA;

AMPHIPODA; BIVALVIA; CIROLANIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA; DONACIDAE; DONAX HANLEYANUS; EMERITA; EMERITA BRASILIENSIS; EXCIROLANA BRAZILIENSIS; GLYCERIDAE; HEMIPODUS; HEMIPODUS OLIVERI; HIPPIDAE; ISOPODA; PHALERIA; PHALERIA TESTACEA; POLYCHAETA; PSEUDORCHESTOIDEA BRASILIENSIS; TALITRIDAE; TENEBRIONIDAE; TESTACEALOBOSIA;

EID: 1642440318     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/scimar.2003.67n4393     Document Type: Article

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