Macrocystis integrifolia and Lessonia trabeculata (Laminariales; Phaeophyceae) kelp habitat structures and associated macrobenthic community off northern Chile

Helgoland Marine Research

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 33-43

  Villegas, Mario J ^a   Laudien, Jürgen ^b   Sielfeld, Walter ^a   Arntz, Wolf E ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD ARTURO PRAT   (Chile)

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

Author keywords

Habitat structure; Lessonia trabeculata; Macrobenthic community; Macrocystis integrifolia; Predator Herbivore Kelp interactions

Indexed keywords

HABITAT STRUCTURE; MACROBENTHOS; SEAWEED; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; INVERTEBRATA; LAMINARIALES; LESSONIA TRABECULATA; MACROCYSTIS; MACROCYSTIS INTEGRIFOLIA; PHAEOPHYCEAE;

EID: 39649113836     PISSN: 1438387X     EISSN: 14383888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10152-007-0096-1     Document Type: Article

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