Macrobenthic subtidal communities in relation to sediment pollution: The phylum-level meta-analysis approach in a south-eastern coastal region of South America

Marine Biology

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 119-126

  Venturini, N ^a,b   Muniz, P ^a,b   Rodriguez M ^a  

^a Institute Cle fi'Sica   (Uruguay)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MACROBENTHOS; META-ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

MONTEVIDEO [URUGUAY]; SOUTH AMERICA; URUGUAY;

GASTROPODA; HELEOBIA; HELEOBIA AUSTRAILS; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 1642464747     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-003-1186-5     Document Type: Article

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