Benthic richness in the Argentine continental shelf: The role of Zygochlamys patagonica (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Pectinidae) as settlement substrate

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 917-925

  Schejter, Laura ^a,b   Bremec, Claudia ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DESARROLLO PESQUERO INIDEP   (Argentina)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIVALVE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; EPIBIONT; SOFT-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES INVENTORY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARGENTINE SEA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BEAGLE CHANNEL; SOUTH AMERICA;

BIVALVIA; IOPHON; MOLLUSCA; PECTINIDAE; POLYDORA; ZYGOCHLAMYS PATAGONICA;

EID: 34547520340     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315407055853     Document Type: Article

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