Benthic communities on hard substrates covered by Limnoperna fortunei Dunker (Bivalvia, Mytilidae) at an estuarine beach (Río de la Plata, Argentina)

Journal of Limnology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 144-153

  Spaccesi, Fernando G ^a   Rodrigues Capítulo, Alberto ^a  

^a Instituto de Limnologia Dr Raul A Ringuelet   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Alien species; Biodiversity; Neotropical region; Structure and composition; Temporal variation

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; BIODIVERSITY; BIVALVE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; INTRODUCED SPECIES; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUBSTRATE; TAXONOMY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

RIO DE LA PLATA;

EID: 84865292921     PISSN: 11295767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/jlimnol.2012.e15     Document Type: Article

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