Enrichment experiments and infaunal population cycles on a Southern California sand plain: Response of the leptostracan Nebalia daytoni and other infauna

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 137, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 83-93

  Vetter, Eric W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Capitella; Nebalia; Organic enrichment; Seasonal cycles

Indexed keywords

NEBALIA DAYTONI; LEPTOSTRACA;

BENTHIC INFAUNA; BENTHOS; INFAUNA; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONAL CYCLE;

USA, CALIFORNIA;

EID: 0029669523     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps137083     Document Type: Article

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