Short-term responses to sewage discharge and storms of subtidal sand-bottom macrozoobenthic assemblages off Mar del Plata City, Argentina (SW Atlantic)

Journal of Sea Research

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 231-242

  Elias R ^a   Palacios, J R ^a   Rivero, M S ^a   Vallarino, E A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Macrozoobenthos resilience; Sewage and storm disturbance; Subtidal sandy bottoms; SW Atlantic

Indexed keywords

SEWAGE; STORM;

ARGENTINA; BUENOS AIRES [ARGENTINA]; MAR DEL PLATA; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CRUSTACEA; KALLIAPSEUDES SCHUBARTI; MALDANIDAE; MOLLUSCA; POLYCHAETA; PRIONOSPIO; TANAIDACEA;

EID: 17444389739     PISSN: 13851101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seares.2004.08.001     Document Type: Article

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