Effects of environmental gradients on sandy beach macrofauna of a semi-enclosed bay

Marine Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 106-116

  Cardoso, Ricardo S ^a   Mattos, Gustavo ^b   Caetano, Carlos H S ^a   Cabrini, Tatiana M B ^a   Galhardo, Ludmila B ^a   Meireis, Felipe ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Beach; Exposure rating; Intertidal; Large scale; Macrofauna; Morphodynamic; Sepetiba Bay, Brazil

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEACH; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FAUNA; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; MOLLUSC; MORPHODYNAMICS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BRAZIL; RIO DE JANEIRO [BRAZIL]; SEPETIBA BAY;

CRUSTACEA; MOLLUSCA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 84855993491     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: 14390485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2011.00457.x     Document Type: Article

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