Benthic community structure in kelp forests from the Southern California Bight;Estructura de la comunidad bentónica en los bosques de macroalgas de la cuenca del Sur de California

Ciencias Marinas

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 239-252

  Torres Moye, Guillermo ^a,b   Edwards, Matthew S ^b   Montaño Moctezuma, Cira Gabriela ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthos; Community structure; Habitat complexity; Kelp forests; Southern California Bight region

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; KELP FOREST; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BAJA CALIFORNIA [(STT) MEXICO]; CALIFORNIA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BIGHT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84884467693     PISSN: 01853880     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7773/cm.v39i3.2250     Document Type: Article

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