Effects of temporal variability of disturbance on the succession in marine fouling communities in northern-central Chile

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 352, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 280-294

  Cifuentes, Mauricio ^a   Kamlah, Carmen ^b   Thiel, Martin ^a,c   Lenz, Mark ^d   Wahl, Martin ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

^b Institute for Biological Sciences Marine Biology   (Germany)

^c CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS EN ZONAS ÁRIDAS CEAZA   (Chile)

^d GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Fouling community; Succession; Temporal variability

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARTIFICIAL SUBSTRATE; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOULING ORGANISM; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VERTEBRATE;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

PYURA CHILENSIS; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 35548981423     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2007.08.004     Document Type: Article

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