Coupling between macrofauna community structure and beach type: A deconstructive meta-analysis

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 433, Issue , 2011, Pages 29-41

  Defeo, Omar ^a   McLachlan, Anton ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body size; Deconstruction; Morphodynamics; Sandy beaches; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEACH; BODY SIZE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; LIFE CYCLE; META-ANALYSIS; MOLLUSC; MORPHODYNAMICS; POLYCHAETE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

SOUTH AMERICA;

CRUSTACEA; MOLLUSCA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 79960509261     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09206     Document Type: Article

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