Population abundances, tidal movement, burrowing ability and oxygen uptake of Emerita analoga (Stimpson) (Crustacea, Anomura) on a sandy beach of south-central Chile

Marine Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 71-89

  Lastra, Mariano ^a   Jaramillo, Eduardo ^b   López, Jesús ^a   Contreras, Heraldo ^b   Duarte, Cristián ^b   Rodríguez, J Germán ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Abundances; Emerita analoga; Oxygen uptake; Sandy beach; South central Chile; Swash

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEACH MORPHOLOGY; BURROWING; CRAB; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MORPHODYNAMICS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS;

ANOMURA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EMERITA; EMERITA ANALOGA; FICUS (ANGIOSPERM); INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 2442661882     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2004.00011.x     Document Type: Article

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