Variability of zonation patterns in temperate microtidal Uruguayan beaches with different morphodynamic types

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 160, Issue , 1997, Pages 197-207

  Giménez, Luis ^a,b   Yannicelli, Beatriz ^a,b  

^a Facultad de Ciencias   (Uruguay)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Morphodynamic types; Sandy beaches; Seasonal variability; Uruguay; Zonation pattern

Indexed keywords

BEACHES; MACROFAUNA; MORPHODYNAMICS; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SWASH; ZONATION PATTERN;

(SOUTH); ATLANTIC; URUGUAY;

EID: 2642611069     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps160197     Document Type: Article

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