Seasonal and spatial distribution of the microbenthic communities of the Rio de la Plata estuary (Argentina) and possible environmental controls

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 878-887

  Gomez N ^a,b   Licursi, M ^a,b   Cochero, J ^a,b  

^a Instituto de Limnologia Dr Raul A Ringuelet   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Distribution; Environmental controls; Intertidal sediments; Microbenthic communities; Structure

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLS; INTERTIDAL SEDIMENTS; MICROBENTHIC COMMUNITIES; STRUCTURE;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; LAND USE; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TURBIDITY;

SEDIMENTS;

ORGANIC MATTER;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BENTHOS; CILIATE; DIATOM; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; HABITAT TYPE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; LAND USE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TURBIDITY;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENT; NUTRIENT; TURBIDITY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

ARGENTINA; BIODIVERSITY; CYANOBACTERIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DIATOMS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; OCEANS AND SEAS; RIVERS; SEASONS;

RIO DE LA PLATA; SOUTH AMERICA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CILIOPHORA; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 67349135688     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2009.01.014     Document Type: Article

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