Revista Chilena de Historia Natural ISSN: 0716-078X
[email protected] Sociedad de Biología de Chile Chile BERRÍOS, PATRICIA A.; FARÍAS, ARIEL A.; OJEDA, PATRICIO F. Spatio-temporal variability in ontogenetic guild structure of an intertidal fish assemblage in central Chile Revista Chilena de Historia Natural, vol. 84, núm. 4, 2011, pp. 553-570 Sociedad de Biología de Chile Santiago, Chile Available in: http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=369944645008 How to cite Complete issue Scientific Information System More information about this article Network of Scientific Journals from Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal Journal's homepage in redalyc.org Non-profit academic project, developed under the open access initiative VARIABILITY IN GUILD STRUCTURE OF INTERTIDAL FISHES 553 REVISTA CHILENA DE HISTORIA NATURAL Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 84: 553-570, 2011 © Sociedad de Biología de Chile RESEARCH ARTICLE Spatio-temporal variability in ontogenetic guild structure of an intertidal fi sh assemblage in central Chile Variabilidad espacio-temporal en la estructura de gremios ontogenéticos de un ensamble de peces intermareales de Chile central PATRICIA A. BERRÍOS, ARIEL A. FARÍAS & F. PATRICIO OJEDA* Center for Advanced Studies in Ecology and Biodiversity, Department of Ecology, Pontifi cia Universidad Católica de Chile, CP 6513 677, Santiago, Chile * Corresponding author:
[email protected] ABSTRACT Species resource use can vary throughout ontogeny, potentially affecting community dynamics. This can be particularly important for species facing high variability in environmental conditions and going through several orders of magnitude in size, as intertidal fi shes. However, the infl uence of the resulting ontogenetic changes in guild membership on the spatio-temporal structure of fi sh assemblages remains virtually unknown.