Effects of macrobenthic burrows on infaunal communities in tropical tidal flats

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 134, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 119-130

  Dittmann, Sabine ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR TROPICAL MARINE RESEARCH ZMT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benthos communities; Burrows; Callianassa; Field experiments; Meiofauna; Promotive interaction; Tropical tidal flat

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BURROWS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; TROPICAL TIDAL FLAT;

AUSTRALIA, (NORTHEAST);

CALLIANASSA AUSTRALIENSIS; LINGULA ANATINA; SCOPIMERA INFLATA; UCA;

EID: 0029668793     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps134119     Document Type: Article

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