Bentos litorâneos do Nordeste Oriental do Brasil: II. Povoamentos dos subtratos duros

Abstract

In the rocky and gravely bottoms there are endolithic and epilithic species, and some soft bottom species. It was possible to distinguish in these bottoms the following communities: 1) supralittoral rock; 2) upper mediolittoral rock; 3) lower mediolittoral rock; 4) infralittoral rock; 5) infralittoral gravel; 6) circalittoral rock; and 7) semi-obscure caves.