Structural and functional approaches to describe polychaete assemblages: Ecological implications for estuarine ecosystems

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 918-926

  Magalhães, Wagner F ^a,b   Barros, Francisco ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

ecosystem resilience; feeding guilds; polychaeta; tropics; zoobenthos

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; GUILD; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; POLYCHAETE; SUCCESSION; TAXONOMY; TROPHIC INTERACTION; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; ZOOBENTHOS;

BRAZIL;

POLYCHAETA;

EID: 80052053517     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF10277     Document Type: Article

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