Changes of macrobenthos composition under different ENSO cycle conditions on the continental shelf off central Chile

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1002-1016

  Sellanes, Javier ^a,b   Quiroga, Eduardo ^c   Neira, Carlos ^d   Gutiérrez, Dimitri ^e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN ECOSISTEMAS DE LA PATAGONIA CIEP   (Chile)

^d INTEGRATIVE OCEANOGRAPHY DIVISION   (United States)

^e INSTITUTO DEL MAR DEL PERÚ   (Peru)

Author keywords

Biomass size spectra; Central Chile; Deposit feeders; ENSO; Feeding modes; Macrobenthos

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANNUAL VARIATION; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEPOSIT FEEDER; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; MACROBENTHOS; SIZE STRUCTURE;

CHILE; PACIFIC COAST [CHILE]; PACIFIC COAST [SOUTH AMERICA]; SOUTH AMERICA;

GALATHEIDAE; PARAPRIONOSPIO PINNATA; PLEURONCODES MONODON; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 33947604557     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2007.01.001     Document Type: Article

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