Mixed fractals and anisotropy in subantarctic marine macroalgae from South Georgia: Implications for epifaunal biomass and abundance

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 136, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 245-255

  Davenport, J ^a   Pugh, P J A ^b   McKechnie, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MARINE BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Epifauna; Macroalgae; Mixed fractals

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029744228     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps136245     Document Type: Article

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