Global patterns in sandy beach macrofauna: Species richness, abundance, biomass and body size

Geomorphology

Volumn 199, Issue , 2013, Pages 106-114

  Defeo, Omar ^a   McLachlan, Anton ^b  

^a Unidad en Desarrollo de Ciencias del Mar   (Uruguay)

^b NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Beach morphodynamics; Community patterns; Latitudinal gradients; Sandy beach

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEACH; BIOMASS; BODY SIZE; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; MORPHODYNAMICS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 84883450952     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2013.04.013     Document Type: Article

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