Megabenthic gastropods in the outer Uruguayan continental shelf: Composition, distribution and some effects of trawling

Revista de Biologia Marina y Oceanografia

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 137-142

  Carranza, Alvar ^a   Horta, Sebastián ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Adelomelon; Fusitriton; O dontocymbiola; Sub lethal effects; Zidona

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONTINENTAL SHELF; GASTROPOD; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MORTALITY; SUBLETHAL EFFECT; TRAWLING; ZOOBENTHOS;

SOUTH AMERICA; URUGUAY;

ADELOMELON; ANCILLA; FUSITRITON; FUSITRITON MAGELLANICUS; GASTROPODA; ZIDONA DUFRESNEI;

EID: 51549083410     PISSN: 07173326     EISSN: 07181957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0718-19572008000100014     Document Type: Article

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