Benthic community structure and spatiotemporal thermal regimes in two upwelling ecosystems: Comparisons between South Africa and Chile

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1060-1072

  Wieters, Evie A ^a,b   Broitman, B R ^b,c   Branch, G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c Universidad Católica del Norte   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES; UPWELLING;

AFRICA; CHILE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 67650799156     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2009.54.4.1060     Document Type: Article

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