Intertidal biogenic reefs built by the polychaete Boccardia proboscidea in sewage-impacted areas of Argentina, SW Atlantic

Marine Ecology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 188-197

  Jaubet, María Lourdes ^a,b   de los Ángeles Sánchez, María ^a,b   Rivero, María Silvia ^a   Garaffo, Griselda Valeria ^a,b   Vallarino, Eduardo Alberto ^a   Elías, Rodolfo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^b Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Boccardia proboscidea; Intertidal; Polychaeta reefs; Sewage impacted area; Southwest Atlantic; Spionidae; Tube dwelling

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; DISCHARGE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MACROBENTHOS; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLYCHAETE; REEF; ROCKY SHORE; SEWAGE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUBSTRATE PREFERENCE;

ARGENTINA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST); BUENOS AIRES [ARGENTINA]; MAR DEL PLATA;

BOCCARDIA PROBOSCIDEA; BRACHIDONTES RODRIGUEZII; POLYCHAETA; SPIONIDA; SPIONIDAE;

EID: 79955019505     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: 14390485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2010.00415.x     Document Type: Article

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