Modelling large-scale effects of estuarine and morphodynamic gradients on distribution and abundance of the sandy beach isopod Excirolana armata

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 472-478

  Lozoya, Juan Pablo ^a,b   Gómez, Julio ^b   Defeo, Omar ^b  

^a CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

^b Unidad en Desarrollo de Ciencias del Mar   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

E. armata; GAM; isopod; large scale; Rio de la Plata estuary; sandy beaches

Indexed keywords

BEACH; BROOD STOCK; ECOREGION; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; GRAIN SIZE; ISOPOD; META-ANALYSIS; MORPHODYNAMICS; ORGANIC MATTER; SALINITY;

RIO DE LA PLATA;

EXCIROLANA ARMATA;

EID: 77950296868     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2010.02.005     Document Type: Article

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