Effects of the burrowing crab Chasmagnathus granulata (Dana) on meiofauna of estuarine intertidal habitats of Patos Lagoon, Southern Brazil

Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 267-274

  Rosa, Leonardo Cruz ^a   Bemvenuti, Carlos Emilio ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Burrowing crab; Chasmagnathus granulata; Disturbance; Meiofauna; Natural experiment; Southern Brazil

Indexed keywords

CHASMAGNATHUS GRANULATA; COPEPODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); NEMATODA; OSTRACODA; TURBELLARIA;

EID: 27944442901     PISSN: 15168913     EISSN: 15168913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1516-89132005000200014     Document Type: Article

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