Macrofaunal assemblages associated with coralline turf: Species turnover and changes in structure at different spatial scales

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 363, Issue , 2008, Pages 147-156

  Liuzzi, María G ^a   Gappa, Juan López ^a  

^a MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Beta diversity; Corallina; Coralline turf; Latitudinal trends of biodiversity; Rocky intertidal; Spatial scales

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; BIVALVE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORALLINE ALGA; DOMINANCE; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; POLYCHAETE; ROCKY SHORE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TURNOVER; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

ARGENTINA; SOUTH AMERICA;

ALGAE; BIVALVIA; BRACHIDONTES; CORALLINA; CORALLINA ELONGATA; CORALLINA OFFICINALIS; INVERTEBRATA; JANIA RUBENS; PERUMYTILUS PURPURATUS; POLYCHAETA; RHYNCHOSPIO GLUTAEA;

EID: 49449088569     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07449     Document Type: Article

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