Environmental variation and dietary patterns of the black urchin tetrapygus niger in rocky intertidal shores of northern Chile;Variación ambiental y patrones di etarios del erizo negro Tetrapygus niger en costas intermareales rocosas del norte de Chile

Revista Chilena de Historia Natural

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 305-319

  Navarrete, Arturo H ^a   Camus, Patricio A ^a,b   Opazo, L Felipe ^a  

^a Facultad de Ciencias   (Chile)

^b Center for Advanced Studies in Ecology and Biodiversity   (Chile)

Author keywords

El Nino; Herbivory; Niche breadth; Omnivory; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; ARBACIA LIXULA; CHLOROPHYTA; INVERTEBRATA; TETRAPYGUS NIGER; ULVA; ULVA RIGIDA;

EID: 67651022226     PISSN: 0716078X     EISSN: 07176317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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