Influence of storm disturbance on an offshore benthic community

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 523-529

  Posey, Martin ^a   Lindberg, William ^b   Alphin, Troy ^a   Vose, Frederic ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL REEF; BENTHOS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; INFAUNA; OFFSHORE INFAUNA COMMUNITY; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; STORM; STORMS;

GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 0030302475     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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