Rocky reef benthic assemblages in the Magellan strait and the South Shetland Islands (Antarctica);Ensambles bentónicos de arrecifes rocosos en el Estrecho de Magallanes e Islas Shetland del sur (Antártica)

Revista de Biologia Marina y Oceanografia

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 177-188

  Newcombe, Emma M ^a   Cárdenas, César A ^a,b  

^a Fundación Centro de Estudios del Cuaternario   (Chile)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Canopy; Hard substrates; Macroalgae; Magellan region; Southern ocean

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ICE; MACROALGA; REEF; SUBSTRATE; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANTARCTICA; MAGELLAN STRAIT; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS;

DESMARESTIA; HIMANTOTHALLUS GRANDIFOLIUS; MACROCYSTIS; MACROCYSTIS PYRIFERA;

EID: 80051574250     PISSN: 07173326     EISSN: 07181957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0718-19572011000200007     Document Type: Article

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