Spatial and temporal variability of the benthic assemblages associated to the holdfasts of the kelp Macrocystis pyrifera in the Straits of Magellan, Chile

Polar Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 89-100

  Ríos, Carlos ^a   Arntz, Wolf E ^b   Gerdes, Dieter ^b   Mutschke, Erika ^a   Montiel, Américo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE MAGALLANES   (Chile)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Chile; Kelp holdfasts; Macrofauna; Straits of Magellan

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALGA; BENTHOS; BIODIVERSITY; COASTAL WATER; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HETEROGENEITY; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

CHILE; MAGELLAN STRAIT; SOUTH AMERICA;

INVERTEBRATA; MACROCYSTIS; MACROCYSTIS PYRIFERA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 36148933810     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-007-0337-4     Document Type: Article

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