Succession in rocky intertidal benthic communities in areas with different pollution levels at Guanabara Bay (RJ-Brazil)

Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 951-965

  Breves Ramos, Andréand ^a   Lavrado, Helena Passeri ^a   Junqueira, Andrea de Oliveira Ribeiro ^a   da Silva, Sérgio Henrique Gonçalves ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Benthic communities; Guanabara Bay; Rocky intertidal zone; Succession

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548222423     PISSN: 15168913     EISSN: 16784324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-89132005000800012     Document Type: Article

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