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| CAMUS,PATRICIO A; NAVARRETE,ARTURO H; SANHUEZA,ÁLVARO G; OPAZO,L. FELIPE. |
| Polyplacophorans are common herbivores on rocky shores, but basic aspects of their ecology remain scarcely studied and their role within communities could be more complex than previously considered. Such is the case of Acanthopleura echinata (Barnes), one of the largest and most conspicuous chitons in the world, and at the same time, one of the least known intertidal species in the southeastern Pacific. To improve the basic ecological knowledge of this potentially important intertidal consumer, we studied the diet of A. echinata and its variation among sites of varying levels of coastal upwelling spread over 1000 km along the coast of northern Chile. A seasonal evaluation of diet, body size distribution and density at sites expected to vary in overall... |
| Tipo: Journal article |
Palavras-chave: Body size; Intertidal; Niche breadth; Omnivory; Upwelling. |
| Ano: 2012 |
URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-078X2012000100010 |
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