Spatial and temporal variability in intertidal assemblages dominated by the mussel Brachidontes rodriguezii (d’Orbigny, 1846)

@article{Adami2004SpatialAT,
  title={Spatial and temporal variability in intertidal assemblages dominated by the mussel Brachidontes rodriguezii (d’Orbigny, 1846)},
  author={Mariana L. Adami and Alejandro Tablado and Juan L{\'o}pez Gappa},
  journal={Hydrobiologia},
  year={2004},
  volume={520},
  pages={49-59}
}
The mytilid Brachidontes rodriguezii (d’Orbigny, 1846) is the dominant organism on intertidal rocky substrata in warm-temperate shores of Argentina. Beds of this mussel were sampled at Quequén (Q) and Necochea (N) (Argentina), in order to test whether the structure of the associated assemblage shows significant changes among different times of the year, between horizontal and vertical surfaces and between localities situated in the vicinity or away from a source of sewage pollution. Twenty… 
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