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| Arango,Claudia P.; Solano,Oscar D.. |
| Soft bottom megabenthic communities have been poorly studied in the Caribbean Sea. In this study we describe the structure and species composition of a Crustacea-Mollusca megafaunal community based on beam trawl samples taken between 13 and 60 m depth at the southwestern region of Santa Marta, Colombian Caribbean. Classification and ordination analyses using abundance data of crustaceans and molluscs produced two main groups (A and C), which seem to be controlled by depth and sediment characteristics. Group A consisted of species collected at the deeper stations and high content of silts (between 30 and 60 m depth) and exhibited the highest density and biomass mean values. The decapod Chasmocarcinus cilindricus was found as the characteristic species for... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Megafauna; Soft bottoms; Communities; Caribbean; Colombia. |
| Ano: 1999 |
URL: http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0122-97611999000100008 |
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