Patterns of sandy-beach macrofauna production

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1717-1725

  Petracco, Marcelo ^a   Cardoso, Ricardo Silva ^b   Turra, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

life span; macrofauna; P B ratio; Sandy beaches; secondary production

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPOD; BEACH; BIOMASS; CRUSTACEAN; FEEDING; FILTER FEEDER; FOOD AVAILABILITY; MORTALITY; TAXONOMY;

AMPHIPODA; BIVALVIA; CRUSTACEA; GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA; PERACARIDA;

EID: 84910002725     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315413000246     Document Type: Article

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