Response of the epibenthic macrofaunal community to a strong upwelling-driven hypoxic event in a shallow bay of the southern Humboldt Current System

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 79, Issue , 2012, Pages 16-28

  Hernández Miranda, Eduardo ^a   Veas, Rodrigo ^a   Labra, Fabio A ^b,c   Salamanca, Marco ^a   Quiñones, Renato A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD SANTO TOMÁS   (Chile)

^c INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA Y BIODIVERSIDAD IEB   (Chile)

Author keywords

Coastal ecosystems; Hypoxia; Mass mortality; OMZ; Stranding

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS; HYPOXIA; MASS MORTALITY; OMZ; STRANDING;

FISH; MARINE BIOLOGY;

COASTAL ZONES;

BAY; BENTHOS; COASTAL ZONE; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; CRUSTACEAN; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FAUNA; FISH; GASTROPOD; HYPOXIA; MASS MORTALITY; SCAVENGER; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; UPWELLING; ZOOPLANKTON;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS DISTRIBUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GASTROPOD; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HYPOXIA; MACROFAUNA; ORGANISM COMMUNITY; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANAEROBIOSIS; ANIMALS; BAYS; BIODIVERSITY; CHILE; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; INVERTEBRATES; SEAWATER; WATER MOVEMENTS;

HUMBOLDT CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

CRUSTACEA; GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA; NASSARIIDAE; PISCES;

EID: 84863882179     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: 18790291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2012.04.004     Document Type: Article

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