Changes in distribution and abundance of juvenile fishes in intertidal soft sediment areas dominated by the burrowing crab Chasmagnathus granulatus

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 194-203

  Martinetto, Paulina ^a,b   Ribeiro, Pablo ^a,b   Iribarne, Oscar ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Bioturbation; Burrowing crab; estuaries; Fish habitat use; Mudflats

Indexed keywords

BENTHIVORY; BENTHOS; BIOTURBATION; BURROWING ORGANISM; COASTAL LAGOON; CRAB; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT USE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; JUVENILE; MUDFLAT; PATCH DYNAMICS; PLANKTIVORE; RESOURCE USE;

ARGENTINA; BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

CHASMAGNATHUS GRANULATA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); PISCES;

EID: 33847175600     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF06079     Document Type: Article

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