Common environmental descriptors of two benthic amphi-atlantic mollusc assemblages

Common environmental descriptors of two benthic amphi-atlantic mollusc assemblages

Two benthic mollusc assemblages of the continental shelf on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, a tropical one in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and another, temperate, in Galicia, Spain were investigated, with a view to finding common environmental descriptors which would explain, on a macro-scale, why thes...

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Main Authors: Ricardo S. Absalão, J. Moreira, Jesus S. Troncoso
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2006-03-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Oceanography
Subjects:
ecologia bêntica
associações malacológicas
análise discriminante múltipla
descritores ambientais
parâmetros sedimentológicos
oceano Atlântico
Benthic ecology
Marine malacological assemblages
Multiple discriminant analysis
Environmental descriptors
Sedimentological parameters
Atlantic Ocean
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