Trophic ecology of the chiton Acanthopleura echinata on Chilean rocky shores

Revista Chilena de Historia Natural

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 123-135

  Camus, Patricio A ^a   Navarrete, Arturo H ^a   Sanhueza, Álvaro G ^a   Felipe Opazo, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE LA SANTÍSIMA CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

Body size; Intertidal; Niche breadth; Omnivory; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

ACANTHOPLEURA ECHINATA; ALGAE; INVERTEBRATA; POLYPLACOPHORA; THORACICA;

EID: 84862860693     PISSN: 0716078X     EISSN: 07176317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0716-078X2012000100010     Document Type: Review

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