Biomass size-spectra of macrobenthic communities in the oxygen minimum zone off Chile

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 62, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 217-231

  Quiroga, Eduardo ^a   Quiñones, Renato ^a   Palma, Maritza ^a   Sellanes, Javier ^a   Gallardo, Víctor A ^a   Gerdes, Dieter ^b   Rowe, Gilbert ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY AT GALVESTON   (United States)

Author keywords

biomass size spectra; macrobenthos; off Chile; oxygen minimum zone

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; MACROBENTHOS; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; SECONDARY PRODUCTION; UPWELLING;

HUMBOLDT CURRENT; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC COAST [SOUTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 9944245129     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2004.08.020     Document Type: Article

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