Distribution of benthic communities on the tropical rocky subtidal of Armação dos Búzios, southeastern Brazil

Marine Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 173-190

  Oigman Pszczol, Simone Siag ^a   Figueiredo, Marcia A deO ^b   Creed, Joel C ^a  

^a Inst de Biologia Roberto Alcantara   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS JARDIM BOTÂNICO DO RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Algae; Brazil; B zios; Corals; Diversity; Rocky shores; Spatial distribution; Subtidal; Zoanthid; Zonation

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ROCKY SHORE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT;

BRAZIL; BUZIOS; RIO DE JANEIRO [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; ECHINODERMATA; PALYTHOA CARIBAEORUM; PORIFERA; SIDERASTREA; ZOANTHIDEA;

EID: 5444252530     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2004.00018.x     Document Type: Article

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