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HINOJOSA,IVÁN; BOLTAÑA,SEBASTIÁN; LANCELLOTTI,DOMINGO; MACAYA,ERASMO; UGALDE,PABLA; VALDIVIA,NELSON; VÁSQUEZ,NELSON; NEWMAN,WILLIAM A; THIEL,MARTIN. |
The majority of zoogeographic studies along the Chilean Pacific coast have focused on benthic organisms and oceanographic conditions are considered the main factors influencing their distributions. Herein we examined the geographic distribution of pelagic barnacles of the family Lepadidae collected from floating macroalgae at seven sampling areas between 23 and 50° S. Four species were encountered and they are briefly described herein. The most abundant northern species was Lepas anatifera, and it diminished in abundance towards the south (33° S). Moreover, this species was not found in waters with a sea surface temperature (SST) of less than ~18 °C. Lepas australis, primarily a circumpolar West Wind Drift species, diminished in abundance towards the north... |
Tipo: Journal article |
Palavras-chave: Zoogeography; Lepas; Oceanography; Pelagic; Cirripedia. |
Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-078X2006000100002 |
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