Ecological implications of extreme events: Footprints of the 2010 earthquake along the Chilean coast

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Jaramillo, Eduardo ^a   Dugan, Jenifer E ^b   Hubbard, David M ^b   Melnick, Daniel ^c   Manzano, Mario ^a   Duarte, Cristian ^a   Campos, Cesar ^a   Sanchez, Roland ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOTA; CHILEAN; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRUSTACEA; EARTHQUAKE; ECOSYSTEM; ETHNIC GROUP; HABITAT; INTERTIDAL ZONE; LANDSCAPE; SEASHORE; TSUNAMI; CHILE; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING;

CRUSTACEA; INVERTEBRATA;

SEA WATER;

CHILE; EARTHQUAKES; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SEAWATER;

EID: 84860494452     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035348     Document Type: Article

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