Seasonal variability on the structure of sublittoral macrozoobenthic association in the Patos Lagoon estuary, southern Brazil

Iheringia - Serie Zoologia

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 257-262

  Colling, Leonir A ^a   Bemvenuti, Carlos E ^a   Gandra, Michel S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Abiotic variables; Benthos; Estuary; Seasonal variability; Sublittoral habitats

Indexed keywords

BIVALVIA; TANAIDAE;

EID: 37349011468     PISSN: 00734721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0073-47212007000300007     Document Type: Article

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