Annual and spatial variation of intertidal benthic community zonation in a breakwater off the rio de janeiro coast, south-eastern Brazil

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 225-234

  Masi, Bruno Pereira ^a   MacEdo, Isabela Maria ^a   Zalmon, Ilana Rosental ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO NORTE FLUMINENSE DARCY RIBEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Annual and spatial variation; Breakwaters; Intertidal benthic community zonation; Rio de Janeiro coast; South eastern Brazil

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; BENTHOS; BREAKWATER; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; PERIODICITY; SPATIAL VARIATION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; ZONATION;

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

CHAETOMORPHA; GIGARTINA; GRATELOUPIA SP.; PERNA; PERNA PERNA; PORPHYRA; PORPHYRA ACANTHOPHORA; ULVA; ULVA FASCIATA;

EID: 69749128203     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315408003032     Document Type: Article

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